Quote Originally Posted by i_love_my_hardwin View Post
k. 20 gallon terrarium. aspen beeding. rock water bowl. half log hide thingy. red heating bulb, with heating pad stuck to the side of the glass ( not underneath.) um....im sorry i dont know real names for everything. im so new. but i love my snake and want to know the best ways to take care of hiim. you know those :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r:ty little stick on thermometers? i have one on the back glass. so its about 90 hot end 82 cool end. he just ate for the first time today. im excited. i dont know a lot about snakes but im not ignorant either. i know enough to know that im doing ok takiing care of him but i want to be better than ok. that is not good enough for him. i wnat better. ya know?
Wow...where to start. I would suggest you read this thread

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=56846

It talks about setting up a proper tank...you have a lot of "errors" that should be corrected and this thread will explain them all.

Once you do then ask specific questions about what you don't understand...and we can help.