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When I got to the LIHS show in NY this Oct. 9th, I plan on gettnig a western hoggie or 2 crested geckos, or both

Anyway, on hognose.com it said that glass tanks may not be best the best due to humidity ad heat escaping. So what should I plan on using? I am on kinda a buget since I am only 16 haha.

Anyway, thanks!
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0.0.1 Eastern Painted Turtle
0.0.1 Indonesian Blue Tongue Skink
0.2.0 Leopard Geckos
0.0.1 Northern Water Snake

I have used glass aquariums before and they work fine. I usually use an under the tank heater on one side and a hide box on both sides. This way the can choose where to bask. Put the water bowl on the side without the heater. I would use a screen locking top not glass though. Use Aspen shavings (not cedar or regular pine)as bedding and remove any visible waste when it pops up. I also would put a plastic coffee can lid in the tank when you feed so that the snake can eat without sucking in shavings. Hope this helps.

Scott

Thanks! Just to be safe I might wanna feed him outs=ide the tank, can I do this?
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0.0.1 Eastern Painted Turtle
0.0.1 Indonesian Blue Tongue Skink
0.2.0 Leopard Geckos
0.0.1 Northern Water Snake

I strongly recommend that you feed in an outside container. A plastic lid will not prevent accidental ingestion of substrate. Also, I do not consider Hognose.com to be an authoritative source of information. 10 and 20 gallon tanks are the husbandry standards for hognoses.
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Calvin and Hobbes (Scientific Progress Goes 'Boink', 1991)

Alright! I have a 20 gallon thats a little longer and wider than a ten gallon, so Ill use that. I have aspen, so I need a heat pad. What about absking, some have said theirs will bask and other say they wont. Oppinons?
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0.0.1 Eastern Painted Turtle
0.0.1 Indonesian Blue Tongue Skink
0.2.0 Leopard Geckos
0.0.1 Northern Water Snake

As I stated in another post... hognoses burrow into the ground to escape high temperatures. Therefore it makes more sense (ie.more natural) to use a basking light as opposed to an undertank heater.
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...the oldest task in human history: to live on a piece of land without spoiling it."
Aldo Leopold (1938)

"Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us."
Calvin and Hobbes (Scientific Progress Goes 'Boink', 1991)

Ok, so what wattage should I use? And what about UV? I am think like a 50 or 25 watt day bulb?
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0.0.1 Eastern Painted Turtle
0.0.1 Indonesian Blue Tongue Skink
0.2.0 Leopard Geckos
0.0.1 Northern Water Snake