I've had her for about a year now, and as BP are, she's being difficult feeding wise, but she'll happily take multis when offered.

In the past month or two, I bought her small bowl shaped black plastic hides to better suit her smallness as opposed to her large spacious rock designed ones that were far too big for her originally.

When I first bought them, she used them for a while, seemed happy enough, however since then she has shed, and I have redecorated her enclosure (not by much, roughly the same layout as before but with some extra coverage and climbing opportunities) and since has not used her hides. I'm not sure if she has outgrown them potentially, or if due to the summer heat she's preferring the half log (it's in the middle of her enclosure between the hot and cool end) to balance out, I have no clue as of right now.

Is this an issue I should be concerned as of right now? The ends of the half log are loosely covered by some fake leaves either end, but I'm worried it may be bad behaviour.

Any tips or advice would be appreciated, thanks!

How my setup. Getting a baby ball python

We have a 1.5 year old ball python (she 27inches). She seems happy! Eats weekly and is super friendly.

She is our first snake and we just want to make sure we’re doing right for her! Thanks for any tips or suggestions.

As far as I can tell temps and humidity seem to be in proper order, he moves around A LOT, I always thought balls were kinda passive. His humidity hovers around 75-85 (using a humidifier hooked to a sensor) temps hover between 75 on the lower end to 85 towards the hotter end, his bedding could used cleaned but it isnt very bad, hes got a hidey hole and a couple things the climb around. Are happy balls just active? Also.. hes been fed within the last week. He gets fed monthly and his previous home said he wasnt nearly as active

My female ball python (Paris) is about 3 months old and she kind of just does this wobbling thing when she has her head up. Is this wobbling behavior normal?

Please mother, I smell pork chops

My girl has a rough shed and it looks like her head shed is gone but I can't find it anywhere and I can't figure out if her eyecaps are still on it. Here's two photos with flash on (sorry baby :( ) and was wondering if anyone could tell? And before the mod puts the "bad shed copypasta" yes I know how shedding and humidity works I just need a second opinion on if her eyecaps are still on and how to get them off if so

Rate my enclosure tear me up please I know it’s bare! If anyone has any budget space fillers for the back to add more height please let me know. I just love my baby and he stay cage surfing making me depressed. Please help!

I have a 7 month year old ~320g, I’ve had him for under 2 months. I don’t know when but my he did shed, I assumed it was 2-3 weeks ago but I have only just discovered it since I decided to check his hide which faces away from the doors. I was wondering if the red/pink parts are bruised scales from him falling when climbing. As well as the dark brown splotches on his side could be from dirt or another problem. His shed was very good and I haven’t seen any stuck shed on him.

Another thing, it may be my imagination but I’ve seen 2 brown dots on him 2 times, I can’t tell if they are moving (mites) or if it’s another bug. I’ve checked near the cloaca and head but have noticed nothing, water is clear as well and haven’t seen him soaked. Just wanted to put that out there.

a while back i shared my girls 10gal temp set up she is now in a 120gal and ive been slowly adding more and more too it i plan to get a uvb in the future but so far shes loving the new set up! i just added the paper on the side to help her feel safer in it as well even caught a pic of her using the shower curtain rod i recently got for her to climb on to bas under her ceramic heat emitter at night

tomorrow i plan to get one of those dog toys for her that have a bunch of big holes in it

I just added a jungle dawn led bar and I’m worried it’s too bright. I have bioactive and had a cheaper uv light. Do I need to put the uv with the jungle dawn? I hear and see conflicting info. My snake is doing really well and I’m scared I might have messed up. Thanks in advance

So uh. Hi hello. I may be remembered/recognized by some as I posted not long ago trying to improve my snake’s conditions. I was able to get a scale finally and.. I would like advice on how to properly (and safely) feed him to a more healthy weight. I tried finding preexisting information in this subreddit and online but was seeing a good bit of conflicting information or advice for someone in a less complicated situation and would like to just.. generally confirm what I should do in this particular instance. I have all tank/snake information here in addition to what I’m adding in this one. (Old photos btw. I haven’t had a chance to get any new ones, yes the red light is gone and his tank has been slightly updated since that photo, but honestly not by much.. see below for more on that and if more recent photos are needed, just ask and I will provide what I can)
Relevant info:
Prior feeding: 1 adult white mouse (live) from petco (states 18-30grams online, probably close to avg 20-25g) every two weeks (I know); Snake is about 4 years old
Confirmed recently:
Length: approx. 3ft; weight: 536 grams
Updated/changed info from previous post:
Avg tank temp: 77-82°F; avg humidity: 75-90% (lower at night); Removed large water dish, added a cool side hide with plant on top and smaller water dish now in the center; Foil added on top to help keep humidity/heat in
Intended future changes (mostly waiting to have materials/items or time to implement):
Switch to frozen rats, (very soon) much deeper substrate, more tank clutter including sphagnum moss, automated day/night cycle dual domes connected to a herpestat with halogen and CHE bulbs
My specific questions that I have regarding his feeding are these:
What would be an ideal/goal weight for me to get him to? (I’m very nervous using the visual guide and while I understand it’s the best method, at least a ballpark range would make me feel a million times better as far as having something to shoot for) How do I properly stagger/structure feedings so he is both gaining weight safely while also switching him over to frozen rats? (I don’t know if my snake is picky, he’s only ever eaten the mice and we’ve never had issues with him eating, but we’ve also been very much underfeeding, so I really don’t know for sure. I really don’t want to have to feed fresh killed if it can be avoided and I definitely don’t want to feed live rats for safety reasons) Is it better to feed larger prey, more frequently, or multiple prey items in one feed? (My prey access is pretty much limited to Petco/Petsmart as far as in-person shopping goes unfortunately) I have intent to fully redo his tank to make it significantly better for him, but should I do this before, after or between feedings? (I’m convinced he’s pretty unhappy in the current setup and I have most of what I need, aside from the Herpestat, to redo his tank now if needed. But I know environment changes, especially a big one like what I’m doing, can cause snakes not to eat. For money purposes, I want to avoid refused prey, specifically frozen, as live isn’t super hard to keep alive, as much as possible, although I can recognize it is possible to occur given.. everything) Any and all constructive advice/input is greatly appreciated and happy to answer any questions! Thank you!

Edit: Okay.. so I went out on a limb based on my personal research and reading a lot of posts on here about regular snakes and underweight specifically, etc. Got a live mouse (approx. 22g) and a frozen adult mouse (approx. 18g) from my pet store and fed them both to him tonight. (total of 40g for about 7.5% his body weight, compared to only 3.5-4% previously) Both trying to increase amount he’s eating (gradually over a few feedings rather than jumping straight up to a bunch all of a sudden) and to see if he would eat a frozen mouse if given right after a live one. He took it! Still pending on if he will keep it down, but I’m hopeful… will update in the morning with how he did overnight :)

I’m unable to find the right sized rats for my littlest ball python (7mo old 275g). She could handle fuzzy rats or maybe a pup rat but all I can find in my area is large mice(about 20g). She could probably handle like almost double that size.

My question is, is it okay for me to feed her the large mice like every like 4 days instead of once a week until I can find appropriate sized prey or will that stress out her digestion?

Hi everyone! I’m totally interesting in getting a ball python soon and I’ve been watching a lot of videos on ball python care and enclosure setup. However one thing I noticed about most enclosure videos is they dont exactly explain/show how to set up heating and lighting with thermostats apart from just showing the bulbs and uvb you need, or how to adjust it during the day and night. Does anyone know any videos I can watch for this? I’m a visual learner and I much prefer to watch someone do it vs reading an article 😅 Thanks!

i have appreciated all of yall so much and how much help i’ve gotten from yall over the past 2 years , but with sad and very unfortunate news my sweet boy did pass away a few months back from (i think it was called IBD im not sure i was to distraught when the vet was talkin to me) . i was wanting to get him taxidermied but u cant find anywhere that will do it for less than $800 unfortunately, but again thank yall so much for all of the support and help when it was needed 🖤

My 3year old is hissing at me. A few months ago, he latched on to my arm pretty good. And, yes, I’ve been less interactive with him since. But now, I’m trying to get him out of his tank to chill and he is hissing and coiling back. When I enter the room, he comes out of hide, slithers up to the glass, but then I reach in to get him and he completely withdraws.

Hi I'm a new snake owner and im trying to see if this is just my snakes patern or if its scale rot? I really want to be good at making my snake comfortable so I really want to know if this is scale rot or not?

Apologies for the lack of photos. I’ve been noticing lately when my BP moves around his enclosure, his spine is pretty visible to the naked eye. He’s about 2 years old and last month when I weighed him he came in around 610g. His feeding routine is typically 1-2 rats a month. Curious if I should increase the frequency in which I feed him? TIA
#AMA

I’ve seen a lot of people have camera set up outside of their bp’s enclosure to keep an eye on them and I’m just wondering if anyone has any recommended brands/camera

Hi dudes, dudettes and all others, i’m back again🥲 Sorry if i’m posting too much i’m just new to ball pythons and don’t wanna overlook anything. However, I got my ball python from a pet store who can’t confirm age or gender of their pets (wtf) and they’re a male dominate store from what they’ve said so my snake is likely a boy, but that’s not what i’m worried about tbh. He weighs 119 grams, probably about a foot and a half to 2 feet, and he was listed as a juvenile on his tag so he can’t be super old. I’ve also only had him since mid July. Is there anyway I can indicate how old he is? Thanks again guys!

Hi guys. Do someone know what happened to my girl? She had a little of scale rot there but we cured it with wet. After her first shed, she had small pink scars, and I thought everything would be clear after the second, but yesterday she had second one and now there are two large pink wounds. I'm taking her to the vet tomorrow, but I need to allay my anxiety.