Fed the BPs today...harder than I thought

[Aaron_S]

Ok, I just read your post regarding your enclosure. Wow, that's a big enclosure. Immensely difficult to regulate proper temperatures and humidity. Go with the glass lid as you suggested to help with the humidity. I'd personally go with smaller, seperate enclosures.

It's kind of funny you have a heat lamp at heatpads going. Heat lamps will suck the tank dry so no matter if you mist daily you're losing all your humidity, with the screen lid and the fact aspen doesn't hold moisture you're probably not doing too well in that department. My suggestion, is to stick both pads on one side. and take the lamps off altogether. Again, get something to read both humidity and temperatures and CHECK THE COLD SPOTS!

[Slithergirl]

What type of subtrate would be better? Repti Bark?

[Aaron_S]

That stuff works. A cypress mulch. Or some of that dirt that comes in block form and expands when placed in hot water. Using seperate,rubbermaid containers for the enclosures would be much easier. Although I know they are pets and I'm sure you want to view them so at least smaller enclosures are better than a really large one. More suited for salt water fish. Also, did you really clean that tank out amazingly well before placing the snakes in there?

[Slithergirl]

Yes, it was cleaned out well. I really had to scrub it good because it had sat in the barn for awhile. It has been several years since fish lived there anyway. Well, this weekend I moved around the heat pads and changed to the coconut fiber stuff for bedding. (I have plenty of it around because I use it for my redfoots) My husband is working on some sort of divider to split the tank into two. I don't want to use rubbermaids, cause like you said...they are pets and I enjoy watching them. Thanks for all the help, I really do appreciate it.

[Aaron_S]

if you split it into two, don't forget you need double of everything! Two hot spots, multiple hides, two water dishes, TWO therometers and hygrometers (humidity gauges)

[Slithergirl]

Well, I pretty much have two of everything already because it is such a large enclouser. So that isn't an issue. I will need to pick up more meters though.