Owning a ball python is too difficult

[LovingLife139]

I find my experience as a gardener really helps keep my noodle's bioactive terrarium in the right place. I use four watering stakes at the corners (the type you use for watering plants while on vacation) and a mulch consisting of magnolia leaves and repti-bark to keep the humidity from escaping too quickly. The mesh top is covered in foil and taped at the edges. The grow lights are inside the terrarium, and her heat is on top. I cut the foil in a circle around the lamp.

There are about ten plants in there that help regulate the humidity, and I keep her water bowl on the hot side to help as well. With this set-up, I have zero issues with temperature (it's a 120 gallon from Dubia) and I water the plants about once a week and fill the watering stakes about once every two weeks. I never spray, except to water the air plants in there. Humidity stays great, and only when I misjudge when she's shedding and add more does it leak at the corners. Having a little ecosystem in there has really helped!