I actually also have a young ball, Seymore. He is only about 7 months old, but he is spoiled! I have a 75 gallon terrarium with a hoge log, vine, 6 hides, 2 water bowls and tons of moss. The hides are all different and provide different functions, they aren't all just rocks or whatever. One is a giant rock pile or "outcropping" as they call it. It really radiates with heat. It has an open bottom and heats up real nice for when Seymore gets chilly. I then have a half log on his hot side. I have a small rock cave in the middle for those tight-hide days. I have another log on the cool side. He loves to switch between the two logs since they always stay real humid and warm. I then have a really neat hobbit-house looking thing. It's a strategically stacked pile of rocks with grass and things growing out of it. It looks awesome and has moss in it for a shed box. I then also have a huge tree with leaves and stuff (fake of course). it has like 6 different entry points and under the roots is the hide. It also has moss in it and really burrows down. Seymore is currently in there enjoying his evening.

I have a plexiglass top cut to 2/3 the length of the tank, keeping in a lot of humidity and heat. I can regularly keep the cool side at 80 and the hot at 92. Humidity was a bit of a problem until today. I built a homemade misting system. it has a 5 gallon resevoir, so I only have to fill it once every month or so. It has a submersible pump that pumps to 1/2" clear tubing. that tubing runs up along the back of the tank, along the top and down back into the bucket. along the way, three smaller tubes (1/4") split off the big tube and are attached to the top of the tank. They terminate with a 90 degree misting nozzle. the downward tube was stealing pressure from the system since it didnt require pressure to fall. So, I used a double clamp and kinked the tube restricting waterflow substantially while still allowing it to return to the bucket. Then I plugged the pump into a 7 day programmable timer. I have the pump turn on every three hours for one minute at a time. that's 8 times a day, 8 minutes a day. With this system I am able to keep the tank at 85% all of the time. The timer allows me to set it to turn on up to 14 times a day...that's just too much. BTW, this whole system is under my tank and 100% invisible. And there are three nozzles hooked up currently, but only two are on. the two at either end of the tank actually cover 95% with no trouble. so everything gets misted and everyones happy! no more bad sheds or upper RI!

I can also hook up additional nozzles for my rack system and water all of my other snakes (nonpets, breeders).

I'll build you one for $200 if you want, it all ships inside the 5 gallon bucket. I would post pics, but they don't show much...just hoses running here and there.

Dane