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I am setting up an enclosure in my room for a pair of BRB's, the humidity is 90%, but the temp is a little to hot in general in the cage I think the temp said close to 88-90 air/area temperature, the substrate was 85 degrees. On the cold end of the tank the temperature is 75 at the cold end? Does this sound good. I am using a dome top with a 100 watt incandesant on a 20 GALLON tank with high walls. Do you think I need to switch to a 75 watt in order to cool temps, I think the snakes are 20 inch or so. Does the basking spot where I have the UTH have to be at 90 degrees for digestion?

Are you planning on housing them both in the 20 gal.? If it was me I'd wait until they were around 2-2.5 years of age and in a much larger enclosure (minimum 4x2x2) before housing them together (and definitly feed in a separate enclosure).
I'd house them initially like I indicated in the below post about the BRB not eating (though with 20 in. BRB's, shoebox size Rubbermaids would be better, then move them into bigger as they grow).
If you are determined to house them in the 20 gal. together I can only recommend not to. But if you do; lower the wattage on the night light to about 50 and adjust the UTH so that you have a cool spot around 70 and a floor hot spot around 80 (with the night light you'll create a vertical temp gradient so put in a branch because BRB's do like to climb and keep an eye on the humidities). The babies need to be able to access their happy temp. without getting in each others way.
Again, I'd really recommend not housing them together in that type enclosure (or any enclosure at their age).
Hope this helps,
Paul

I am setting up an enclosure in my room for a pair of BRB's, the humidity is 90%, but the temp is a little to hot in general in the cage I think the temp said close to 88-90 air/area temperature, the substrate was 85 degrees. On the cold end of the tank the temperature is 75 at the cold end? Does this sound good. I am using a dome top with a 100 watt incandesant on a 20 GALLON tank with high walls. Do you think I need to switch to a 75 watt in order to cool temps, I think the snakes are 20 inch or so. Does the basking spot where I have the UTH have to be at 90 degrees for digestion?

I was going to put them both in there, it is only a twenty gallon, are they territorial, would it matter if they were male and a female? I was going to feed in paper bags outside the enclosure, I have seen people feeding theirs in the enclosure, but I think that its a way to get your hand bit when they get hungry! I didn't know that they could not be housed together. I picked the larger tank cause if there was two of them they might need more floor space so they can get away from each other. I think that they might be bigger than 20 inches. Any information of input is appreciated! Thank you for the light idea, I will lower the wattage. I am using UTH only on about 1/6 to 1/5 of the tank floor, I havew packed the eco-forest bed stuff pretty well and made sure it was thicker over the heater, don't want a burnt snake! Thanks again paul!

When my female gave birth to 15 neonates I separated them out and waited for them to shed before offering food. One of the babies shed and passed a long, hard poop. I can only assume I started out with 16 babies.
I think a 20 gallon is just way too small for two yearling BRB's. These guys are a bit secretive and as younguns need to feel secure (you can believe they are hammered in the wild by all kinds of preditors).
Think of it like this; the 20 gal. would only be good for a while. Pop for the 20-30 bucks it would take to set them up in a couple of Rubbermaids and move them into bigger rubbermaids up until about 2 yrs. Then you can have a nice, large display setup that would house two adults for the rest of their lives.
Hope this helps,
Paul

I was going to put them both in there, it is only a twenty gallon, are they territorial, would it matter if they were male and a female? I was going to feed in paper bags outside the enclosure, I have seen people feeding theirs in the enclosure, but I think that its a way to get your hand bit when they get hungry! I didn't know that they could not be housed together. I picked the larger tank cause if there was two of them they might need more floor space so they can get away from each other. I think that they might be bigger than 20 inches. Any information of input is appreciated! Thank you for the light idea, I will lower the wattage. I am using UTH only on about 1/6 to 1/5 of the tank floor, I havew packed the eco-forest bed stuff pretty well and made sure it was thicker over the heater, don't want a burnt snake! Thanks again paul!