Newcomer looking to jump into the scene.

[CircleOfSnakes]

One last question: I have the tub, and the UTH (and everything else), but it says that the UTH shouldn't be on plastic. So, is there something I need to put between the UTH and surface of the tub?

[rabernet]

No - as long as you have it on a UTH, it can't get warm enough to damage or melt the plastic - if it could, it would be too hot for your snake.

[CircleOfSnakes]

No - as long as you have it on a UTH, it can't get warm enough to damage or melt the plastic - if it could, it would be too hot for your snake.

Good point. Well, I'll get it all set up here in a minute and start regulating humidity and temperature, and if it's all good and steady by tomorrow afternoon I'll be heading down to pick up the little guy (or girl).

[CircleOfSnakes]

Having some trouble getting the temperature/humidity stable. My setup right now is:

A 16qt. Sterilite Tub with 10 holes drilled at the top (three on each side and two on each end), and I've kept the lid on.
A Fluker digital thermometer/hygrometer. I looked at two different Wal-Marts and had no luck finding the Acu-rite.
A small water dish, full.
Two hides made from cool-whip bowls.
And finally, a small Zoo-Meds UTH.
Also, some newspaper for substrate.

I have the thermometer/hygrometer positioned slightly more on the warm side of the tub, and it's been going in the same condition for about four hours, and the highest the temperature has gotten is 80 degrees F. My humidity is a bit higher than it should be, ranging from about 69%+. And right now, and for the past while, the temperature has dropped to 76 degrees F, and isn't moving. I would take pictures, but I seem to have lost the charger for my camera, been a while since I've used it. Any help would be appreciated.

[rabernet]

How thick is your substrate? For the humidity, add more ventilation holes and see if that helps.

[CircleOfSnakes]

How thick is your substrate? For the humidity, add more ventilation holes and see if that helps.

I have about four pages of newspaper in total for the substrate. And I was thinking about adding more ventilation holes, but wouldn't that put my temperature in worse shape than it's in?

[rabernet]

I have about four pages of newspaper in total for the substrate. And I was thinking about adding more ventilation holes, but wouldn't that put my temperature in worse shape than it's in?

I usually use 2 sheets of newspaper, you might try that. Also, is the UTH on a thermostat? If so, what have you set the thermostat temps to?

I haven't found that adding more ventilation holes reduces the heat. If you'll go back earlier in the thread and look closely at the pictures I posted, you'll see two rows of holes along the upper half of the tub.

However, you could try a smaller water bowl, or move it more to the cool side.