Congrats! ...and welcome to the forum. It's a happening place to say the least.


Nutshell: try to use an enclosure that is at least as long as your snake, PLEASE do secure it's enclosure appropriately, use appropriate substrate materials such as newspaper, paper towels, Aspen bedding, pine bedding (WITHOUT cedar as this is toxic), cypress mulch, or astroturf (which should be cleaned/disinfected periodically), offer temperature gradients (one end warmed, which would be easiest for you as a beginner having one snake to use a heat lamp atop the enclosure screen lid with a 75 watt bulb), clean water bowl that can not be tipped over situated on the cooler end of the enclosure, hide spots in the middle and cooler ends of the enclosure, and for thermoregulation purposes you may use a folded up newspaper or cardboard for them to either sit atop and hunker down underneath - and this should be situated on the enclosure floor where the bulb warmth is present, and use appropriately-sized feeder tongs for meal offerings or place food atop something something appropriate such as a plastic container lid if the snake isn't receptive to manual offerings, and remember to allow your snake to digest/poop before handling. THose are the basics. Enjoy!!
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Jerry Kruse

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