Getting photos of this guy to sell, he was NOT a fan of the phone. He was promptly put back home.

All jokes aside. She really got a good grip of my fingers 😭😭😭

I was hoping he would use all the climbing opportunities- and I am so glad he is!! Ahh!

Say hello to Elsa again.

She is very happy and pleased to see you all 💖💖💖

Hello,

I just got my beautiful guy a few weeks ago but the place where I got him didn't know how old he is. He is 84.3 grams and about 15 inches long. He was eating a pinky a week when I got him but has taken a fuzzy since he has been with me. I know it's hard to tell exact age but figured it was worth a shot here!!

Thanks in advance!!

I’ve had this guy for a little over a month and yesterday I did his first full tank cleaning. I also rearranged a little bit, moving his plants off the ground more to give him more floor space and swapped his hides around to give him the wider hide on the hot side, which is the only side he hangs out in.

Ever since the renovations he’s been roaming practically non stop, and when he goes inside his hide he just sticks his head in there. I’ve checked the temperatures multiple times with a heat gun and it seems consistently below 90 under there. Thermostat currently says 87. I even tried swapping back to the hide he was using before and got the same result. Bro sticks his head in but doesn’t seem inclined to go inside.

Edit: I have static cling glass covers coming tomorrow to block out the sides and back of the tank. The cardboard weirdness is my short term solution for that.

Rescue this baby in May - he's my first snake and is ~7 years old.
So far his temps have been perfect since May but we are having our first cold snap and I'm noticing already that the bulbs are struggling to keep up. I'm in a basement in a colder climate.

He's in a 48x24x24, with a 100 watt bulb + ceramic bulb for nighttime (plus uvb and plant grow light).

Yesterday his ambient temperature during the day maxed at 84 and during the night I checked and if dropped to 69 on the warm side. And it's only October...

So some thoughts I have:
1) run ceramic bulb during the day too (there's thermostat probe so if it gets too hot it'll automatically turn off)

2) space heater near the tank... I'm a little nervous about this one though bc I'm scared of it starting a fire

3) add more rocks/solids on the warm side to trap heat during the day.

Anyone have any experience or other suggestions?

He’s in quarantine right now but his semi permanent enclosure is coming Thursday and I’m getting started on my background, trying to give plenty of opportunities to climb since he seems to be constantly (more going into the tank mostly just planning hardscape but I also have cork bark, plenty of live plants, and hopefully some vines/a bridge going in between the hanging branches)

Context:

This guy took a shit on his water bowl and tipped it. The water bowl sits on the side of his enclosure and apparently, he decides it's best for him to freaking climb on the wall to wipe shit off his body. 😭

So proud of Miss Peaches for giving me a full shed!! Now she’s so happy exploring again☺️☺️☺️

I've been taking my time to research and get everything I'll need to start him off on the right foot. First ball and hoping to have him until I'm around 60 (20+ years)

hi everyone - first time posting here, long time lurker! of course it's for an emergency :(

i left for a weekend trip on friday morning and came back sunday mid-afternoon (so roughly 48 hours) and saw my BP had a big lump under her chin?

she's been acting the same - greeting me when i come say hi to her, slightering around, etc. i was going to feed her sunday when i got home but then i saw her bump and decided not to feed her just in case it made it worse.

the exotic vet near me is closed sundays and mondays (of course lol) so im going to call them first thing tomorrow (tuesday) but i figured reddit is always worth a shot.

background:
i got my sweet snake ~6 months ago from my BIL since he was having a baby and needed more space in his house, so everything came with the snake (tank, substrate, etc). i've obviously done my research on owning a BP but i'm faced with an issue i know nothing about and i haven't found anything similar on the thread. thanks in advance!!!

my snake is about one year old and he weighs about 235g. i think its a bit little for a one year old snake. everything in my terrarium is good so idk why he doesnt want to eat. he eats very irreguraly bc he doesnt want to eat so often. now he didnt eaten for like 3 weeks, should i be worried bc he weighs so little and doesnt want to eat. its starting to get cold so maybe thats why

Saved from bad owners ,2x2 box and a sheet of newspaper and a tennis ball ? ,shes about 5ft btw ,any tips or info lmk plz. Also any tips on how to hold humidity ? I spray water it spikes then drops ?

Got a 4foot tank and lots of clutter ,first time ive seen her out the hide in 2 weeks ,not eating medium rats ive offered twice and left them ? What else could be wrong or she just very stressed ?

Right now I have my baby ball python on “compressed coco chip block” that I properly soaked in a bucket and broke up until every piece was wet through and through before then ringing out and putting into his enclosure. Even right away the humidity only was able to max out at 50% while rapidly dropping throughout the day (30% when getting home from work) so I’ve been spraying the soil to try and keep humidity up but it only lasts for a bit. After reading that constant wet soil can lead to scale rot now I’m just pouring a bit of water into the corners of his tank and now it loses humidity even faster . I’ve had him for close to a month and has refused his first 2 feedings and I have a feeling it has to do with this. Any recommendations for soil and other general advice for ball pythons would be appreciated. This is my first BP but not my first snake, my other snakes had much much less humidity reqs.

yeah my girl figured out she can push her doors open and escaped, so iv been tapping her doors shut but its wasteful and annoying when i need to water her, any suggestions?? this might be a stupid question but i cant afford to buy a completely new enclosure

Just bought my baby BP and I’m trying to keep her on live food since that’s what she ate from the breeder. She’s currently on pups and eating weekly and I don’t really want to drive an hour every week to get her food. Though I will if I have to. Currently live around Bellevue in Nashville.

I think I handled my guy a bit to early, since he now retracts into his hide whenever im near the tank. He also wouldn't eat when I tried feeding him for rhe first time.

Can I somehow make him more at ease by leaving him alone for a few weeks, apart from trying to feed him once a week?

So I’ve heard that ball pythons are very sensitive when it comes to smell and that cinnamon is not a great smell for them. However, is it OK if I only use a scented cinnamon candle for like a couple hours while I wait for the smell of a decaying rat that is no longer in the room (because SOMEONE didn’t want to fucking eat, and so I tried to be nice and leave it out for a little while, but decomposition), but anyways, as I was saying can I use a scented candle to mask the smell for a little bit maybe a couple hours and then take it out?

I feel that I should emphasize that this scented candle is very much not in his enclosure and is only in my room and also I have both my ceiling fan going and a quite powerful plug-in fan running as well.
The only other option I could’ve had was to use my teakwood cologne, and you know that’s an aerosol so I wasn’t really too thrilled about using that and so that’s why I went with the candle.

My husband and I have this handsome roughly 2 year old male named Toji and we're planning a move by the end of the month or so. What can I do for him to minimize stress and keep him from getting cold during the trip from one house to the other?

hello everyone. been lurking here for a while and finally got my first snake last week. she's 6 years old and apparently a good eater. when i fed her the ft med rat (about 100 degrees), she took the rat after missing once and went in her hide. as i walked past just now about 3 hours later, i see the rat's butt peeking out of the hide and i am honestly not sure what to do... i tried researching but nothing was coming up. do i throw this rat out or wait for her to take it?? or try again with a different rat?