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Hey everyone,
I just have a couple of questions I was hoping someone could answer. This past Saturday I bought my first blood python, he's a male borneo short tailed. The breeder said he was about 6 months old (he's about 21" long). He's a great snake with an awesome personality. I just have some questions on my set up though. Right now he's in a rubbermaid container with two hide boxes (one in each temp. gradient) and a water dish. One end of the cage is about 85 F and the other is around 80 F, the humidity is about 74%(should I bring that down some?). I's using the puppy wee wee pads as substrate to help hold the humidty and I have an undertank heater on the bottom. The breeder told me that last time he ate was last wednesday, so I fed him two juvinile mice today and he ate them perfecty.
How do things sound...is there anything that should be changed?
thanks so much for your help!
~Caietaro

Sounds good to me I'm not familiar with "wee wee" pads but most people seem to be using paper towels on younger ones and newspaper for adults, also make sure you post enough holes in the rubbermaid to get proper ventalation all that humid air can harbor lots of bacteria.

Jordan
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"It's my snake, I trained it, so I'm going to eat it!" - Mad Max, The Road Warrior

I tried the papertowels and they didn't seem to be holding enough humidity, the wee wee pads absorb the water and keep it there so the humidity will stay fairly good for quite a while. I'm glad you mentioned the holes in the cover though, I was going to ask about that. I am worried about the air getting too stale. I have about 23 1/2" size holes drilled into the top. Should I add some more? By the way, the container is 19.5" long by 13" wide.

I think the humidity is just fine as they really need it to keep healthy and not get any respiratory problems,not to mention an easy shed.I have 1 in a 20 gallon long and have a hide with moss in it that I keep misting daily and he seems content.I am building a massive double decker cage to house him/her and my argentine/red tail boa cross.I use a terranium humidifier for my cage that pumps fresh humid air in all the time,that keeps the humidty level around 65%-70%, Good luck. Oh and the pads sound like a good idea,I may keep that in mind,let me know if they get moldy or not ,and how often you have to change them.

How much do the humidifiers that pump fresh humid air in constantly go for? This sounds like a good idea when trying to prevent the air from getting too stale...something that I think will happen easily in the rubbermaid containers.

They are $20.00 at petco,however you need to buy the pump seperatly, it needs to be a high liter per hour pump.I will try to link you the place that manufactures them ok...The blood loves it and I think the fresh air helps the stress too,he or she (I don't know as of yet) really has a great disposition,and getting everything right in its habitat only makes things get better. get back to on the link ok...

George