Hello all from Pittsburgh! Neebie Ball Python owner

[synister370]

just attended our first western pa reptial show yesterday and been reading and learning for a good while after my wife and i first incountered a ret tail boa at a pet store..

well needless to say yesterday after months of looking and learning about snakes we purchased our lil Dominique!

3 month old ball python, was torn between her or a damsil boa...

got her from Paul at steel city exotics great guy very knowledgable and helpful..

well got her in her new home in our living room have her in a 10 gallon tank for right now..but i have a real nice big terrirum built for her i will post pictures of it in the cage section, still building and decerating it.. I ill have some questions about heating it with flex watt and stuff

but got her sitting nicly in some aspen with a hot and cold hiding shelter, large water bowl and some nice tree vines for her to climb on..

noticed last night she still haddent discovered her hiding spot.. untill this morning curled up nicley tucked away in there...

wife went out to go get a digital thermomter that also read humidity..

and im gonna try a and find a dimmer switch....for the under the tank heat pad....


anyone know where i can get one lowes home deopt wal mart??

[xdeus]

Welcome to the forum! And congrats on the new snake.

To answer your question about the dimmer, you should be able to find them at Lowes or HD. I'm not sure about Walmart, but I wouldn't be surprised if they carried them there as well.

It sounds like you're using an unregulated UTH at this point. I'd recommend that you either raise up the tank from the UTH or place enough substrate on the bottom of the cage so that it doesn't get too hot for the snake. Also, you might want to think about getting a thermostat for the long term. Even the most expensive one is a small price to pay for as long as you'll have your new snake.

Good luck, and be sure to post some pics when you get a chance.

[Wolfsnaps]

Hey...you went to the reptile expo in Butler? Me too. I was there yesterday, picked up a trio of african soft furred rats and my friend picked up a dwarf chameleon! I love expos...congrats on the ball python!

I have 1.0 ball python
2.0 dogs
1.0 cats
0.2 ferrets
0.0.1 parrot
1.2 african rats
??? fish

now I just need to start charging admission to be allowed in the zoo...lol

[synister370]

Welcome to the forum! And congrats on the new snake.

To answer your question about the dimmer, you should be able to find them at Lowes or HD. I'm not sure about Walmart, but I wouldn't be surprised if they carried them there as well.

It sounds like you're using an unregulated UTH at this point. I'd recommend that you either raise up the tank from the UTH or place enough substrate on the bottom of the cage so that it doesn't get too hot for the snake. Also, you might want to think about getting a thermostat for the long term. Even the most expensive one is a small price to pay for as long as you'll have your new snake.

Good luck, and be sure to post some pics when you get a chance.

thanks

yeah i placed a good amount of aspen chips on the floor of the tank..

i also have a red heat lamp on top of the screen.. wife just called and said the lil tank thermonetr is sitting right at 88 degrees,, she is giong out to get a digital one..

talk to me about the thermostate?? how does it work and whats the best one to get??

gonna inclose the screen in tonight and check the huimidity

[synister370]

Hey...you went to the reptile expo in Butler? Me too. I was there yesterday, picked up a trio of african soft furred rats and my friend picked up a dwarf chameleon! I love expos...congrats on the ball python!

I have 1.0 ball python
2.0 dogs
1.0 cats
0.2 ferrets
0.0.1 parrot
1.2 african rats
??? fish

now I just need to start charging admission to be allowed in the zoo...lol

lol yeah i have
1 female ball for now

1 pit bull

[xdeus]

talk to me about the thermostate?? how does it work and whats the best one to get??

gonna inclose the screen in tonight and check the huimidity

The best ones for a tank setup are the proporational. The two most common brands out there are the Herpstat and the Helix. They both run about $120-$130 or so. You can also get a non-proporational one for around $60-$75 such as a Johnson or Ranco. Either way, they're much better than a dimmer especially if you have the tank in a room that might fluctuate more than 5-10 degrees throughout the day. You can get more info at Reptilebasics.com and spyderrobotics.com for the Herpstat.

Good luck!

[JLC]

Welcome to BP.net! :

[Laooda]

Howdy and Welcome!!!

[synister370]

well I just picked one up from the local pet store for now and I got a digital temp and humidity guage... so far right now I have the under the tank heater and the red light temp light on the top both going into therostate right now on the hot side its showing 83 degress and 31 percent humidity.humid is low but I had the screen open I have sinced covered the other half so I'm gonna see if it comes u if not mist it a lil bit I'm showing about 75 on the cold side so I think my temps are ok and if I can get my humid I'm golden I'll take some pics and post tonight

[synister370]

Welcome to the forum! And congrats on the new snake.

To answer your question about the dimmer, you should be able to find them at Lowes or HD. I'm not sure about Walmart, but I wouldn't be surprised if they carried them there as well.

It sounds like you're using an unregulated UTH at this point. I'd recommend that you either raise up the tank from the UTH or place enough substrate on the bottom of the cage so that it doesn't get too hot for the snake. Also, you might want to think about getting a thermostat for the long term. Even the most expensive one is a small price to pay for as long as you'll have your new snake.

Good luck, and be sure to post some pics when you get a chance.

pics here

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...004#post467004