I tried to get a pic of my eastern's vent yesterday. I would flip his tail end over but he didn't like that and bit me twice.

How do you guys do it? This guy is still pretty nervous. I have him in a plastic cage with a heating pad under it, and light on top (only one end of cage) plus some slate to hide under. So he has one hidey hole.

His cage is a large plastic storage box, about 40 inches long, 12 inches high and 15 inches wide. It has a sand bottom with a heating pad under one end, and a light above it on the same end as the heating pad. He has some slate pieces to hide under and a water bowl.

Snake is about 14 inches long.