Boy am I excited for getting the little guy or gal - as I understand it might be better to get a male because they are smaller. No matter though!
Okay so I was thinking an Exo Terra terrarium. This is NOT advertising I'm just trying to figure out tank dimensions, and I dunno if this would even be a good terrarium. I had an Exo Terra for my red-ear slider once. Probably a horrible choice of tank for the little guy size-wise, but I was 10 at the time and my parents were those types of people who would just buy their kid any pet if they asked for one.
I do remember the tank and I think I liked it? The front facing doors were nice, and so was the deep part beneath them, and the vents. As I understand from reading this forum I'd have to block off some of the back parts of the screen top for humidity reasons???
There's some terrariums I was thinking about. Opinions?
36" x 18" x 18"
36" x 18" x 24"
I know an enclosure that big would probably be a little much for a baby CA Kingsnake, but I think I could just put lots of hides and fake plants and maybe a log or something for it so that it feels more secure.
Should the water bowl go closer to the warm side of the terrarium for humidity reasons? And where should the moist hide go if I decide to put one in for the little guy? If I included a moist hide, would that be in ADDITION to the two existing hides(warm and cool), therefor making three hides?
What sort of substrate would be best? I'm leaning towards finely shredded aspen. I would prefer not to be spending too much money on substrate unless necessary.
How do you put a thermostat on the heating pad? Do you just plug the pad into the thermostat after buying one, or do they come already attached?
Whats the difference between surface temperature and uh, "normal" temp? How would I go about measuring them both? And for that matter, would a UV light go on the far end of the warm side, or more towards the middle of the enclosure?
Thank you for your time!
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