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    Re: Setting up a BP for less than 100 dollars

    Quote Originally Posted by bcr229 View Post
    How to do it for under $100 INCLUDING A THERMOSTAT:

    Hefty 100-qt tub, normally $20 currently on sale for $8 (I bought a dozen of these recently because they're just too useful and not just as snake tubs)
    https://www.lowes.com/pd/Hefty-25-Ga...g-Lid/50150118

    Depending on the size/brand you get, a UTH will run $17-25 from Amazon and a thermostat is $20-30. For $26 you can get one from iPower that has a thermostat/heat mat combo hard-wired together. It's not the best but if you're going cheap and you're only getting one ball python it's a lot better than an unregulated UTH.

    Amazon has IR temperature guns from $4 to $40. Not sure I'd trust a $4 one but there are plenty in the $12-15 range that will work.

    The AccuRite thermometer/hygrometer with probes is normally $12, currently on sale for $9.

    Water bowls are available from the dollar stores for a buck apiece. Get two so you can swap them out when your snake uses it as a toilet.

    Hides - Plastic food containers for microwave lunch/dinner meals are free after you've eaten the food in them. They also don't mold like those log hides do.

    Substrate - newspaper is free. You can even make hides out of it.
    Its really not that hard. All in all with Paarthurnax's tub setup, i maybe spent about $80-90, and a good portion of that was shippimg. Granted, i was able to get some things on 20% discount at the store i worked at.

    As for what Brian stated, it was irresponsible. When i saw that video, i wasnt too impressed, to say the least

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    Last edited by Slicercrush; 06-03-2018 at 06:21 PM.
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