Thanks for the thumbs up people

Sorry I don't come on that much nowadays to any forums but hope the sneezing is sorted - as mentioned, they do do a bit of that when in shed to rid themselves of the skin etc. - but if it carries on and there seems to be some kinda RI going on, best see the vet.

Hopefully the excess temp problem is sorted, Metzger - I never use heat mats but found that by experimenting with different wattages of bulbs I could control the basking temp that way and still get suitable cool end temps.

Shortyd2K - Thank you very much for your nice words. I saw your other thread regarding taming and personally I found that the patience and waiting game was the easiest to play (and less stressful to both of us). I found this to be helpful thread and basically sets out what I did with mine Kingsnake.com - Herpforum - HANDLING (not taming!) and other stuff. BTW - see you're not far from me - I'm in Oxford too.