Newbie :)

[i_love_my_hardwin]

you are so gonna laugh at me but i have no clue what you mean? photo bucket? im sorry im computeraly challenged

[bender29]

lol...

just use this:

http://imageshack.us/

click browse and upload your photo... then just post the link here.

[i_love_my_hardwin]

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[i_love_my_hardwin]

OMG I DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!! thats his nite lite. he just ate so he likes to bask....so....naturally i rearrange so he is comfortable and doesnt have to move

[bender29]

Lol, good job!

Alright here's a few tips... you should get two hides, one on the warm end and one on the cool. Just go to Lowes and pick up small plastic flower pots and cut a hole in each. They're cheap and work much better than that half log.

What are your current temps/humidity? If you don't know you need to buy a digital thermometer. Your warm side temps should be from 88-94ish. Cool side ~80. Your humidity should be 50-60%. If you need help on that, you can do a few things, such as putting the water dish over the heat source, misting the cage, changing your substrate to cypress mulch etc.

Other smaller things... you could add some shrubbery for purely aesthetic reasons, you can cover 3 sides of the tank to keep him feeling more secure and keep in heat (depending on what you use), also you may need to get a UTH to put under the tank depending on your substrate temps. Also you will need a thermostat/rheostat to keep a UTH under control.

[i_love_my_hardwin]

i put the uth on the side. my boyfriend is a freak genius and insists on putting it on the side. i offer no arguement. hardwin likes it too i think...he gets in that warm corner where the light and pad heat just right for him. i have to get better thermometers badly. i hate it that i dont know the exact temperatures of everything. i worry constantly. did i do ok with the lamp? and the towels are kinda damp for humidity...there is just so much. it worries me. but i love the challenge. and hardwin. did u see the bp in my pic? he is so cool. feet is his name. he was my first love.

[ama1997]

One thing about the covering the 3 sides. If you use any kind of fake plants make sure the fake plants,vines or whatever. Dont have anything your snake can get caught in. I know some of the vines have little circles at the end for hanging them up. Ive herd of smaller snakes trying to go through them and getting them stuck. I havent herd of any dieing from it but they have had some nasty sores from them.

[i_love_my_hardwin]

see i was gonna buy this plastic like vine but the " bark" on it was so rough and up turned that i immediatly thought of those under belly scales. i worry about everything. ive already figured everyway he could possebly burn his self or in some freakish way drown. lol stupid i know but they are such con artists....

[bender29]

Well... he's probably always in that corner because he is cold. Go to Wal-Mart and pickup an Acu-Rite thermometer/hygrometer with a probe. You will be able to read the substrate temperature and the humidity in the cage.

Yeah the lamp is fine, it's not needed, but at least it will keep your temps up.

Btw I'm not sure what a "freak genius" is, but putting your UTH on the side isn't a "genius" idea. It's much better off below.

[ama1997]

Here is a few links to thermometers,Hides and stuff
DIGITAL THERMOMETER AND HYGROMETER W/ PROBES http://www.undergroundreptiles.com/tempcontrols.htm
heres one for Hides http://www.undergroundreptiles.com/hideboxes.htm

Here is one with better thermostats http://lllreptile.com/store/catalog/...d-thermostats/