55 gal. has to work for now

[mrgrimm]

Hello, I am a noob snake owner so any/all suggestions and criticisms are welcomed.

I would like to get an enclosure built from a friend of mine, but for now I want to make this setup work the best it can. Here is what I have going on.

Aspen snake bedding, cardboard hides (with the too small hides on top as weight to hold them down because he would just flip the boxes all over when he tried to get in) heating pad under the tank below the blue hide and small space heater next to tank to help temps to be about 92F in there. Heat lamp over other side with temps in low to mid 80's F over there. Temps are checked with a good quality IR temp gun. I mist the tank 2-3 times a day, going out to buy a hygrometer today to get actual humidity readings, and also going to see if I can find some larger rock hides instead of the cardboard.

The top is a locking screen top that I also placed a carpet covered piece of composite plastic with aluminum foil on the underside to hopefully reflect some heat back down instead of absorbing into the black topper, I figured it was worth a shot?? I am a little worried though that I have to much of the top covered so not enough oxygen/fresh air is entering the tank??? DO you think I have enough uncovered (by the heat lamp) for it to be OK in there? Thanks all, I really appreciate this site being here so I can provide a good life for "Pickle" the Python.

I will edit in the pics here in a sec.