So your goal when when you first get an animal is to make it as stress free, and as seamless as possible. Ask the seller all the info, cage type, heat type, prey preference, any issues starting them on feeding. Things like a blood python needing to bury in moss to get established for the breeder, or a chondro that was started on bird scent, these things are immensely helpful when starting a new animal out at your house. Your initial qt set up should almost be a carbon copy of what the seller had it in. Snakes are very adaptable and will adapt to pretty much any setup you want, it just has to be done slowly and with the right animal. You can’t take a 10yr old carpet from my room (75-85 ambient only no hot spot) And stick him in a basement in Pennsylvania with a nighttime low in the 60s without it getting upset, or sick, or worse!!
It is very important to a change one thing at a time, don’t change temp, bedding, hide type, prey type etc all at the same time. If he decides to stop eating you have no idea what caused it. Change one thing at a time, watch the animal, make sure he’s still eating, make sure everything’s fine then adjust something else. How ever long it takes you to do this, this the minimum length of time for your qt! Most people make the mistakeof changing everything at once, then it goes off food, gets a sniffle or worse. Then you have no clue as to what happened to cause the issue.
as long as your slow deliberate, and most important patient, your new animal will acclimate perfectly.
