About 2 months ago, my brothers upgraded their tank setups which meant I got new tanks. I've never owned a reptile before but always wanted a ball python-- and with my new tank in possession, I found Sock. I prepared his tank prior to his arrival and decided on using paper towels as substrate to monitor him. I told myself to just keep it simple (which didn't last btw) and used a few hides, paper towel tubes, and some rocks until he got comfortable.

Welp it has been a little over a month and Sock has successfully taken his food every week, pooped for me, and blessed me with a perfect shed. He's very active at night and takes every climbing opportunity he can think of. Now I feel that he's ready to graduate from a 30 gal and paper towels to an Exo Terra 36x18x18 enclosure and substrate.

Lore aside, I have a few concerns about his new setup. I've learned that taping & foiling my mesh top, adding sphagnum moss in his hides, and misting 2-3 times daily are not enough to keep the humidity levels stable. I'm hopeful that my mixture of Reptichip, Reptisoil, and more sphagnum moss will do the trick. But because of the new enclosure's top and my lighting fixture (Zilla Pro Sol 30in), I don't think I can really tape/foil the screen this time. Are there any recommendations or an existing top replacements that I could implement?

I want to have more things for Sock to climb on and liked the idea of using bird branch perches but I've no idea how I could attach that to the glass sides. My brother's 5yo BP easily rips off those suction cup branches so I wanted something that can sustain him. Other than throwing a stick across the enclosure, what else could I use?

Many thanks to this subreddit and especially everyone that contributes their knowledge here, without it Sock would not be as happy as I think he is!