Just few notes to BP Husbandry FAQs...

[JeffJ]

Just for reference a 7W Noma Foressant bulb's balast gets 140*F on the dot.

[Malpaso]

I really appreciate all of your posts. When I sound "not happy with response" it's maybe only because I'm afraid I have not expressed everything right... And I do not want to make more mistakes just because I'm not able to say exactly what I want to say... so my own update according to your posts:

general:
get rid of anything that light inside of viv

heat rock:
remove it... it useless.

night drop:
as I said... it's waste of energy...

UVB:
as I said... waste of money

hides:
not proper hides provided... just provide two small easy ones on the ground

climbing:
if she climbs something is wrong... until she not move to the ground something is wrong.

Big thanks again to all!!!

[llovelace]

It's a nice set up, just needs to be tweaked some, as stated before loose the lamp and heat rock, get 2 identical hides for both ends of enclosure and a uth simple fix. content snake

[JLC]

Iclimbing:
if she climbs something is wrong... until she not move to the ground something is wrong.

Climbing in and of itself is not wrong. She WILL get out and move around and explore her viv...that's natural. It's constant or frequent movement that you need to be concerned about and watch for.

Once you get the little hides set up, give her a couple days to discover them and reassure herself that they are safe and hers alone. And if she continues to choose the less secure areas of the cage to "hide" in, or if she continues to move around a lot during the day, then double-check your temps and make sure they're accurate and within proper ranges at the ground level as well as around the climbing areas.

[Malpaso]

update:
I owe you detailed pic of that LED bulb...





...as you can see I can touch it w/o any problem because is cold (plus you may notice body of bulb is made of plastic not glass).

Also I have made three new hides for her from common ceramic flower-pot. Costs zero, zero, nothing









I hope she move into some soon...

[dsirkle]

You are doing the right things. That piece of wood was not a good hide. Your snake will like the ones that you made. We commonly use "flex watt" as an under the tank heating (uth) source here. While this may not be available to you, there is a product called "Ultratherm" which you should be able to locate and purchase in Europe. This is a heat pad that you tape to the bottom of your viv. I would buy the smallest one to put on a glass bottom.

[JeffJ]

that looks much better

[Malpaso]

You are doing the right things. That piece of wood was not a good hide. Your snake will like the ones that you made. We commonly use "flex watt" as an under the tank heating (uth) source here. While this may not be available to you, there is a product called "Ultratherm" which you should be able to locate and purchase in Europe. This is a heat pad that you tape to the bottom of your viv. I would buy the smallest one to put on a glass bottom.

thank you for advice. Just make it more clear for me. You mean put it on the glass (bottom of viv) and cover with substrate or put it under the glass (under whole vivarium)?

[Bruce Whitehead]

You place your ultratherm under the whole viv, not inside the viv.

Bruce

[Spaniard]

You put it on the bottom of the viv from the outside, not acutally in the enclosure. Most put it under the warm side hide so that the snake has a nice warm place to digest meals. It may take a little trial and error trying to get the right thickness of substrate to allow the proper heat to transfer through. The general rule for under tank heaters is that they cover 1/3 of the floor space on the viv. Hope this helps and ask for more clarification if you have any doubts. You did a great job improving your set up.