Okay, so I'll be honest.
When I bought Blue, I was dating someone I can only describe as a doorknob. He slapped heat mats all over the tank, bought all sorts of lights, most I do not think we even needed for our Ball. I also believe something was brought in that was infested, because all of a sudden Blue got mites.
Well, I and doorknob broke up over a month ago, and I've desperately been trying to fix up Blues tank properly.
Thanks to this forum, I found out how to make nix solution and currently just need to wait a few more days before doing the third and final treatment.
So right now, this is what her tank looks like. Remember she had mites, I removed her climbing branch, substrate, and only left in the cheapest fake plants I had in case I end up disposing of them after. So, everything looks a little bare right now, but it's the humidity/temperature settings I'm worried about. I believe she's become dehydrated in the last few weeks as I often see her at her water dish bathing and drinking recently.
Alright, so this is supposed to be the 'humid' side. Hence why I've recently tried putting cling wrap over the mesh on that side... A breeder I spoke with suggested I do this.
They also suggested that I put a shallow water dish over a heat matt on that side; so even though I've had the hat matts off since taking out the few inches of substrate for paper (Don't want burns... ), I went ahead and tried it out... lol looks like she pooped in it last night. >.>But now, with out over head lights, I can't manage to keep the temp. over 70 during the day and it's even harder to keep it up at night..
I'd really like to add some living plants, or a waterfall.fountain deal into the aquarium to help, but just don't have the money right now.
Alright, so this is supposed to be her dry warm side, which righ now basically just has her water dish in it, over a heat matt that is unplugged for the time being. . .
I have two cematic lights, which are the big buggers on top. I believe one is 150 watt and the other is 200? Or 100 and 150? Something like that. And a 75 watt basking light that I turn off at night. . I find I have to keep both cermatic bulbs on 24/7 to keep this side of the tank just above 75 degrees. ;/ The third small lamp is a simple basking light.
As you see, I kinda just hae them all crammed onto the one side because of the whole cling wrap idea. Not working out. >.> Any suggestions?
If anyone has good pictures of their python viviaviums please post them, I would love to look. (Not just a tubs with a heat source and water dish, please.. I understand many breeders and collectors keep their reptiles with the bare minamal to keep things simple to clean etc but right now Blue is my only reptile, and I love her. :P I have no problems cleaning out her tank, and now that her mites seem to be taken care of I'm looking forward to pimpin' it out for her again.
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And here are a few of my baby, just for fun. Going into shed so she's looking pretty dull right now.
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And this one is Blue and I. ^.^
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Will do a good photoshoot of her after she sheds for you all to see.
Thanks to everyone who reads and replies