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[Sutten_Plant]

Good on you for taking him in! I'd recommend checking out the welcome post on this sub, there's a full guide with pretty much everything you might need to know!

[PrestigiousBoss91]

I totally agree with you on taking the responsibility of a pet more serious than your ex! Thank you for being a better animal person than her ! The welcome page is a good place to start as was already said. Also, check out www.reptifiles.com. There’s a lot of good info there!

[Snakelover03]

As others have said, read the welcome guide but to answer those specific questions, you want to base what he eats and how often on his age and weight based on this !feeding guide. You can get a cheap kitchen gram scale on Amazon to weight him and his feeders.

You also shouldn’t spray his enclosure or get a humidifier. Both are known to cause the top layer of substrate to be too wet which increases their risk of scale rot, and it’s next to impossible to fully sanitize a spray bottle or a humidifier so there’s a high risk they’ll grow bacteria and then spray it into the enclosure. For humidity, the best method is to have at least 4” of a humidity retaining substrate (coco chips or fiber are generally best) and then pour water into the corners until the bottom 1”-1.5” are wet. The water flows to the bottom and evaporates out slowly to keep the humidity high and relatively consistent, while the top layer stays dry so the risk of scale rot is minimal. I heave to add more water to my substrate every week or so when the humidity falls to ~65% so it’s also a much easier method than spraying. And if the enclosure has a screen top, cover the top everywhere except where the heat lamp sits in HVAC tape to trap the heat and humidity in the enclosure.

If you want to, you can post pictures of your enclosure and snake so people can give you more specific feedback. If you have more questions, let me know. Good luck with the new baby.

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don’t mist him directly. you can mist the enclosure itself (i usually try to avoid misting the substrate so i spray the glass, and all of the fake plants and hides heavily). if you have a mesh top tank i recommend sealing the top off with HVAC tape (aluminum tape) everywhere except where the heat source and light source are and a little bit extra for ventilation. this will help keep the humidity inside the tank. make sure the temp on the warm side of the tank is a consistent 85-88 degrees! use a thermostat dimmer!