I got a male albino checkered garter snake last Wednesday, and I had some questions that were mostly related to feeding when I first joined. Luckily, he ate for me today (a feeder fish), so this is mostly just to introduce him. Hopefully he will continue eating for me now that he's started, but I'll come here with any questions if they arise. I also just wanted to double-check my husbandry. Right now he's being kept at an ambient air temperature of 75F and a hot spot of 80F during the day, which is achieved with an overhead bulb. At night the light is turned off and the temp drops to 70F. Is 70F at night fine, or should I bring it up to 75F? If I do need to, will I be able to use a red night bulb? I'm asking because I had some problems when I used red bulbs with my boa constrictor, and I wanted to make sure it wouldn't happen with him. He's on paper towels in a 5 gal tank surrounded with printer paper for security, and I've got some box-shaped hides (which I'll most likely cut into flat pieces as they're rather large for him) and broken-up styrofoam pieces for hides, covering roughly half of the floor space. I've replaced his water bowl with a small plastic lid for water and food, and water is replaced daily.

Here are some photos of him. The first is when I put him into his tank, the second one is right after I got him out of his packaging, the third is a side view after his meal today, and the fourth one is a top view. (The date on the second one is wrong, unless of course, you live in a Spanish country.)
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