Switching from glass to tub

[JoshJP7]

Your silence says it all...I dont need any luck as all of my snakes are doing great!!. Get lots of exercise and plenty of food. I appreciate your concern though.

[Freakie_frog]

Your silence says it all...I dont need any luck as all of my snakes are doing great!!. Get lots of exercise and plenty of food. I appreciate your concern though.

[xdeus]

I didnt know there was an "ideal" size.. i stick to my previous statement... your ignorant.

Shouldn't that be "you're ignorant"?

Josh, I've been here for a few years now and one common occurrence seems to be new owners that place their baby snake in a large tank and they seem to frequently have feeding problems. When we recommend that they move their snake to a smaller cage and they follow that recommendation, quite often their snake will start feeding again. I'm sure someone out there can do a scientific study that may take years to determine what the ideal cage size for a Ball Python would be, but I will continue to recommend small cages because I have seen numerous people on this site have excellent results by switching to a smaller enclosure.

Now if you have great success with keeping your small snakes in a large cage and you want to keep doling out that advice, then more power to you. Just don't get upset when so many people oppose you who have seen positive results from switching to a smaller cage.

BTW, have you seen the dens that wild Balls live in? Not very roomy...

[k1ingdomKaa]

How many wholes do i put in the plastic thing? ill take pics in a min or the new settup.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

How many wholes do i put in the plastic thing? ill take pics in a min or the new settup.

Drill/melt a couple of holes to start with than place your tub on your UTH, place a dish full of water in the tub as well as your digital Thermometer/ Hygrometer, close the lid and check your temps and humidity.

Once the temps are proper and stable check your humidity, if above 60% add more holes to your tub, than wait again until stabilized and add more holes if necessary.

[k1ingdomKaa]

I guess my house is just extremely dry, because the humidity in he tub is 30%

[JoshJP7]

Larry I never mentioned the word tank... lets get that clear bc a large tank and a large tub are two different things... A 20g long is pretty much the same dimensions as a 60qt so I dont see why everyone seems to think im talking about some gigantic 55 gallon tank. Also people have issues with large TANKS because they do not hold the humidity/heat very well... the snakes don't eat bc the husbandry isn't correct, not because the tank is too big. I believe in my original post I said "as long as proprer husbandry requirements are met."... 99.9% of the problem feeders dont have correct husbadry.


It personally doesnt bother me that you guys oppose me... its your reasoning... Until you've personally set up multiple 60qt tubs like I have, and had repeated failure and problems you cant say "thats too big"... I personally have never set up a 12qt tub for a baby but do you see me on here saying your advice is incorrect and its too small? No you wont find me doing that bc that would be ignorant of me. Speak from your experience not what other people tell you.

Forgot to add... Have you seen the size of the hides I use? ...Not very roomy

[k1ingdomKaa]

hey i started the thread, please answer my question and stop arguing it makes me feel bad for gettin you two argueing

[JLC]

hey i started the thread, please answer my question and stop arguing it makes me feel bad for gettin you two argueing

Sorry 'bout that. Try not to worry about it too much. It happens with threads sometimes. If it gets too nasty, we can split the thread and move the nastiness.

About the humidity in the tub. Get it all set up with the heat and substrate, hides and water...run it for a day or two with the lid on and everything, just as if the snake were living in it. And you'll likely see the humidity go up easily. Especially if it's a small tub.

[Sunny1]

Like Judy said, get your tub up and running and see how it is after a couple of days. If the humidity hasn't gotten up to 50 - 60%, then theres a couple of things from the top of my head you can try. Try moving the water bowl a little over the UTH. That should help warm up the water a little more to increase evaporation to bring up humidity. Just make sure that you change the water a little more often since that could also help bacteria growth in the water, also make sure to clean and sanitize the water bowl. Also, I am not sure what type of substrate you are using, but you could also try using aspen or cypress, those will help boost up the humidity in your tub as well.