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Ball Python in a Faunarium

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I have a snake habitat all ready for a snake, but don't actually have one yet. I'm a bit torn between a corn hatchling and a ball python hatchling. My setup is pretty simple;
I've got an exo-terra large and flat faunarium (10-gallon foot print at 1/2 the height);
a zoo-med UTH that cover 1/3 the bottom of the faunarium;
a HydroFarm thermostat and digital thermometer with probe for substrate temps;
a zoo-med analog thermometer and hygrometer for air temps and humidty;
2 half log hides, one cork bark round, and a medium exo-terra water dish;
and lastly, a bag of aspen snake bedding.
I live in a part of the country that never really gets below 40 percent humidity, and I could always throw in a tuperware full of moist sphagnum, so my basic question is, would I be okay with a ball python baby in this setup? I would of course upgrade to a real vivarium when they outgrew it.
 
Well, dilemma solved. I went to my locally owned pet store, and they had a high-white 10 inch California king snake with the best disposition ever.
I made sure he was eating and shedding, found out he was from a local breeder, got his feeding schedule and took him home.

Speaking of this pet shop though, one of my favorite things about it is that it breeds and freezes its own feeder rodents.
 
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