Enclosure for incoming wee one

[ThirteenRavens]

So I got my setup *done* for my new little one...I have paper towels down until I can get aspen chips, I don't have the UTH going yet as I wanted to get some heat tape to use instead of sticking it on the tank directly (read somewhere that was a thing to do just incase), and there is a bamboo hide under the plants at the back...what do you think? Too much? I like to provide lots of cover/hides for babies (and my adults). I know the humidity is super low, will work on fixing that before he arrives on Thursday. Thoughts? Suggestions?

http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a467/SidnNancy1369/IMG_20160828_182030295_zps1wwphn2w.jpg

http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a467/SidnNancy1369/IMG_20160828_182037129_zpsxmfmq9co.jpg

http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a467/SidnNancy1369/IMG_20160828_182042293_zps2cxs3oow.jpg

[Minkness]

Looks good! =D

[ThirteenRavens]

Thanks Minkness :) I am so excited to FINALLY get him that looking at this for the next 3 days is gunna kill me lol. Hopefully the weather stays nice on both of our ends :) He is coming from Minnesota!

[Minkness]

Haha! Throw a towel over it so you don't have to look! =D

[ThirteenRavens]

I just might lol!

[sirtalis]

Whats going in the cage, looks good btw, if you want a more natural look use "repti bark"

[ThirteenRavens]

Whats going in the cage

A sunset hog island boa :)...Photos here:
http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/boa-constrictor/112928-my-newest-upcoming-addition.html

I'm not a terribly huge fan of repti bark honestly...I thought about doing Ecoearth....

[bigsnakegirl785]

I'd suggest a Sterilite tub over a tank in all honesty, which for a baby you could get set up for $50 or less including thermostat.

If you're dead set on the tank set up, limiting air flow is going to be your friend, and possibly offering a humid hide. I normally suggest using a particulate bedding like EcoEarth in this set up, but imo it's best to use paper towels during those first few months as it's easier to track health. You can see mites and poop a lot easier.

How big is the tank?

[bigsnakegirl785]

Also heat tape isn't tape. It's a two pieces of plastic with metal in between, it's a heating source not adhesive. I think you might be thinking of aluminum tape?

[Minkness]

OP is talking about the metal tape used for heating elements. Not sure the name or brand of it, but I have an enclosure someone used that stuff in and it's ok. Doesn't melt or get sticky like duct tape at least! (Yup, learned that the hard way....)

[ThirteenRavens]

metal tape used for heating elements

This! My ex did HVAC stuff and gave me some to stick on the bottom of one of my corn's tank to keep her thing on and it worked very nicely...so it could also be "aluminum tape"? I'm not sure what it's called either.

10 gallon for now, he's a little guy (yes I know they grow fast...). This is temporary until I can get ahold of a Boaphile viv.

[Minkness]

For a while paper towels are perfect. As is a 10 gallon tank. A tub would work as well.

I have my hog island in a 10 gallon atm.

[ThirteenRavens]

I think I almost got that same branchy thing Minkness lol...but I wasn't sure if it would be too tall for him to rub his nose?

[Minkness]

I got my girl with a big nose rub. Even though the tip of the branch almost touches the screen top, there has been absolutely NO rubbing while in my care. She is happy to be on the tallest point and watch things, maybe she cruises around at night, but she doesn't rub one bit. So long as your husbandry is good and your babe feels secure and comfy, they should not rub.

[Albert Clark]

Nice looking Hog island boa TR! I am with bsg on the tub over the tank though. You can always use the glass tank as a quarantine tank. Thats what i did before going to a qt. tub.

[ThirteenRavens]

That's not my hog Albert :) That beauty belongs to Minkness :) Mine will be arriving on Thursday.

This is what I meant by "heat tape":

http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a467/SidnNancy1369/IMG_20160829_110839193_zpshzj0gvfz.jpg

[bigsnakegirl785]

OP is talking about the metal tape used for heating elements. Not sure the name or brand of it, but I have an enclosure someone used that stuff in and it's ok. Doesn't melt or get sticky like duct tape at least! (Yup, learned that the hard way....)

Ah never heard of it, and Googling heat tape only brings up the heating element or aluminum tape. (Yeah, if you can even get duct tape to stick to anything. Nowadays, duct tape hardly even adheres to itself let alone anything else. Name brand, off brand, doesn't matter.)

That's not my hog Albert :) That beauty belongs to Minkness :) Mine will be arriving on Thursday.

This is what I meant by "heat tape":

http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a467/SidnNancy1369/IMG_20160829_110839193_zpshzj0gvfz.jpg

Ah. No wonder it doesn't show up in a search for "heat tape."

[toddnbecka]

It's also called aluminum foil tape. Sticks really well, taking it off and cleaning up the residue is a bit of work though.

[ThirteenRavens]

So I can't catch a freaking break today...the DMV has me running in circles to get plates for my rig here in Montana...........I live in a house with mostly 2 prong outlets so I needed to get freaking adapters for that, and looking at the UTH it says to peel the white backing off to stick to the tank, which is exactly what I was trying not to do...is there a way I can avoid doing that and still use the foil tape to tape it to the bottom? I am so frustrated by today it's not even remotely funny :pissedoff::pissedoff::sad::sad:......I did get myself a new gaming mouse so hopefully that all goes well >.<

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http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a467/SidnNancy1369/IMG_20160830_142156776_zpsrjkvizdj.jpg

[Minkness]

Leave the paper on. All it does is protect the sticky stuff.

[ThirteenRavens]

Ok...someone suggested sticking it to aluminum foil. I was just worried that the paper would catch fire or not allow it to heat properly

[Minkness]

That works too actually. Probably safer

[Andy_G]

I'd just leave it on.

[Minkness]

What Andy said.... >_>

[sirtalis]

For a while paper towels are perfect. As is a 10 gallon tank. A tub would work as well.

I have my hog island in a 10 gallon atm.


No offense but that's just sad, the snake looks proportionately huge in that cage, after seeing a few of your other posts about your pets, I think your going for quantity not quality, if you really cared about your snakes health I'd go for the maximum cage size not minimum, sorry I know thats a bit blunt/harsh but I feel like its the truth

[Minkness]

Yeah, not going full out for babies, sorry. She will eventually be in a 5x2x2 or a 6x2x2 for her adult enclosure.

Thank you for your opinion though. =)

[sirtalis]

Yeah, not going full out for babies, sorry. She will eventually be in a 5x2x2 or a 6x2x2 for her adult enclosure.

Thank you for your opinion though. =)

sorry about that, I was a bit stressed about a grade when I wrote that, my apologies, and I understand now *facepalm*

[Minkness]

No worries, it happens! No hard feelings, I promise! =)