Getting my first BP

[TheHabit]

So i ended up finding a snake starter kit at my store, it came with a nice 20gallon long tank with a locking screen lid, 2 light fixtures, a bag of substrate (i bought my own anyway), thermometer/humidty guage and a couple other things. i also got a UTH. after getting that all set up and watching the temp for a few hours i couldnt wait any longer and had to go pick up my baby, his enclosure at the store was hardly humane and i just wanted him to be happy. Im pretty sure its a male, the tip of his tail is kind of more long/thin. ill post some pics soon of my baby and the set up, though at this point it isnt very fancy... need to get some leafy decorations and a climbing branch. Should I try feeding him in about a week?

[missi182]

Give him a week of no handling then try and feed. It isn't necessarily bad to feed before that, but do not handle him for a minimum of 1 week.

Also don't forget to use a control on your UTH, those things easily shoot up to over 110 degrees without a control. By control I mean a thermostat or rheostat. Thermostats are $50-$200 and are very reliable where as rheostats (something like a lamp dimmer) requires you to manually adjust the temp of the UTH, and can fluctuate quite a bit.

If you bought the dial thermometer/hygrometers, grab a digital therm/hygrometer from wal-mart or a hardware store for 10 dollars, because those dials are very inaccurate and easily stick. When you look for the digital thero/hygrometer, get one that says Indoor/Outdoor because there is a probe attached to those that you can measure the direct surface temp of your UTH, so you are sure where your bp is laying is the correct temp. Congrats on your new snake!!