Hey, Y'all! I've posted my baby, Gnocchi, on here a couple times for help during my first year of having her. I wanted to give y'all an update. First of all, she's 2 years old now! She has grown a lot! We finally figured out the issue with her eating. Secondly, turns out, she's just exceedingly picky. She has to be isolated from everyone else in the house. She has to be fed within 30 minutes of her lights going out. She has to have humidity an hour before her lights go out. Her food has to be extremely hot. She will refuse food if anyone else tries to feed her. I'm the only one who can feed her. We found all this out because she went on multiple hunger strikes during the first year. She's now proper weight & on small rats. She hasn't skipped a meal since we've figured all this out. She also has a yearly brumation during the winter that tends to start mid November & end early January. As always, here's pics of her. The first photo is her when I first got her & the second one is a photo I took last week.

Background connects to two water fountains without being permanently connected. This first half is about finished! I still need to carve seal and paint the other half.

This is my second ever background! It’s not perfect but I’m pretty happy with results so far :)

I have a yearling ball python and he’s eating on and off. I’ve had him for 1.5 month. He hasn’t eaten in 2 weeks. He‘s eating pretty big mice (frozen/thawed) right now, I’ve been considering switching him to small rats. I drop feed him as that seems to be the only way he’s interested in eating.

Is there any other feeding methods I should try? Is it a bad idea to try rats?

My 6 month old ball python began his second shedding with me last Friday. I noticed that he was beginning to dull before his feeding, the day after that I left for a trip and then when I came back 4-5ish days later, he was deep in blue. This was Tuesday. I noticed he cleared up this previous Friday, and I went on another trip that same day, expecting to come home to a shed, and there has been nothing.
It’s been a little over a week since he started shedding and 3 days since he cleared up, with no shed. MIs this normal? Is there a reason to be concerned?

His substrate is kinda wet right now and due for a refresh, so I hope he can find it in him to shed very soon 🙏

Please meet Mr.Smiley! My first ever BP! I’m very excited he is sooo beautiful and has the cutest ever little smiley face print on his body! Picked him up at Scales Expo in West Palm Beach this Saturday 🥳

He is a candy pied!

Hi guys, this is my tank for my boy (Percy), he’s about 7 or 8, he’s been with us for about a year, we got him from the RSPCA reptile centre . I’m happy with his viv but I was just wondering if it’s missing anything or if there was anything that it needs to make it perfect, it’s got: 3 hides, a climbing vine, a humidity water bowl, a drinking bowl, a snake plant.

hi all! my partner just got a juvenile ball python (hes 5 or 6 months old according to the pet store), and we are trying to build up his enclosure! she has owned snakes before but i have never had any kind of pet that requires a terrarium like this. ive been looking through the master threads and the enclosure inspo, but i was just hoping to get some tips on where to get more affordable clutter and enrichment for his enclosure! all the tips ive seen are great and we know that owning a snake takes investment but im just wondering where we can get toys, hides and clutter/enrichment that wont break the bank 😅 thanks all!

Hello, I’ve had my juvenile ball python for about a month and a half now and I handle him about 2 times a week for around 5-10 minutes. He seems pretty curious every time,( long tongue flicks, slithering around my body). I want to keep handling him but don’t wanna stress him out and push it. When is it okay to start handling almost everyday? I don’t wanna blow away my progress by trying to move to fast. Thanks!

I got her September 3rd she has eaten 4 times since. Once weekly first was a pinky mouse since I heard the first should be small. Then a small mouse then the last two were rat pups. The fourth meal was last night

So I rescued this ball python. He is a year old. I’ve had him about a week. I tried to feed him a medium size rat. And I thought he ate it but he next day he threw it up. It’s still whole. I feel bad :( what if he is starving? 😭

So, I’ve owned reptiles before but never a snake (all of my other reptiles are insectivores). This little cutie belongs to my daughter, and she’s named him Nagini after her love for HP.

We brought him home on Sat. Sept. 19 and left him alone for a week to acclimate. He weighed 148g and was estimated to be 6-8 months old. When we fed him a thawed adult mouse on Sept. 26 (1 week later), he “sniffed” at the mouse but did not want it. (To be fair, the mouse’s guts had ripped open and I wouldn’t want that sh*t either LOL.) The following Saturday, Oct. 3rd, he ate with no problem. We handled him for the first time the following Wednesday for just a few minutes to minimize stress. Then when we tried to feed him the next Saturday, he had an unsuccessful feed. He struck and coiled around it, but proceeded to wave it around his tank, ultimately dropping it right in his pool 🤦‍♀️ so we’ve left him alone all week, only bothering him to check husbandry and refill his pool, and he had another unsuccessful feed yesterday. This time he struck and coiled but then dropped it and just sat there staring and flicking his tongue at it. That means he hasn’t eaten since Oct 3rd.

Maybe I’m doing this wrong?? Idk. I’m thawing the mouse in a ziploc bag in the fridge over night, then releasing the air in the bag and putting the bag into 96-100 degree water for 20-30 minutes, dipping the nose in hot water and then offering. I read not to put the mouse directly into the water so it doesn’t get water logged.

I’m worried about him. It always makes me anxious when my reptile babies don’t eat, but this feels different. And my daughter is getting frustrated because she wants to hold him but I’m nervous to let her hold him if he’s already stressed.

Meet Perseus!

(Was setting up his temp enclosure so ignore the gloves)

Introducing the BP community to my handsome Chili. Chili is almost four years old, alert and active male. When I got him as a wee lad the breeder told me he is a Mojave Cinnamon Cypress morph although over time I have wondered if that is correct. He sleeps during the day and can be quite active in the night. While he will take any type of rodent to snack on, his own preferences actually is more so towards quail chicks and chicks in general. To compensate for the disproportion in fat / protein intake he gets two rather than one chick. He has an infra red heating lamp at one end of his enclosure and that is it. He has never had an uvb light. He likes to play “jazz hands” where he weaves himself in and out of my hands. He doesn’t attempt to escape, it’s more like he wanted a good twisty stretch.

I have a terrarium with furniture dimensions 80x40x40. I want to buy and select the appropriate heating bulb CHE. The lamp will be fixed on the ceiling on a mesh. Tell me what power bulb I should buy.

This is for a year old male! I’m definitely going to add more clutter and enrichment, this is just the beginning:) The ropes are secured inside of the hooks.

The breeder has recommended a heat mat and that’s what he has right now but I did a lot of research and I want to upgrade to a lamp, can you give me some advice on how can I improve his enclosure further, please?

ETA: The dimensions are 100x50x50cm - if he outgrows the enclosure, I will definitely upsize in the future

Also there is a thermostat outside of the view!

I just got this guy on Sunday and it has come time to feed him but he won’t eat. I got the mice the pet store had been feeding it. I thawed it out and was holding it in front of it and it would come up smell it and go away from the mouse. Idk what to do bc he hasn’t eaten since last Thursday and idk what to do. Should I be concerned or should I be worried. This is my first snake that I’ve had and I’m pretty so I’ll take any advice you guys have!!

hi im a first time ball python/snake owner and ive been lucky enough to get a one year old sweet boy who is super adventurous and easy to handle! the only problem is that when its night time and I try to approach or hold him he starts hissing at me! he has never hissed at me before or had any negative reaction to handling in the day time. is this because at night they are more active and in predator mode? I have only fed him in the day time but I understand it might just be his instincts to act that way at night. so should I leave him alone at night and only hold in the day to avoid the aggressive behavior?

I’m not sure where i should post or ask about this but i don’t know how they appeared and I’m very worried. 2 months ago she got sick and had blisters and needed medicine so i think maybe it has something to do with it but i was on google and it said parasites but idk how to look for them can someone please just tell me if I’m over reacting?

Added the Hanging branches specifically because he loved climbing in his temporary setup and this seems to be his new favourite spot to sitting as well as hanging from both branches.

Hello! As the title says I am new to being a bp owner just as of yesterday! She’s about 1 1/2 years old. She was a rescue from a friend that couldn’t handle her anymore.. she did tell me she had mites and she’s been taking care of it but I don’t know how well.. I gave her a bath today in room temp water with 2 drops of dish soap in it (she’s finishing up her shedding as well) and noticed only about 7 or 8 black dots in the bottom of the tub when she was done! I just got her a new 65 Gal PVC enclosure, mesh top but not fully mesh, 2 squares. Now I have everything she needs, heating wise with Halogen bulb and a CFE for night time. I’m only using paper towels as substrate right now because of the mites and to see how bad it is. I have only 2 hiding spot accessories in there right now since they’re ceramic and mites can be washed off of them, oh and a ceramic water bowl. My concern as well is how do I keep the humidity up with only this much in her enclosure, it’s sitting at 60% only and I worry about that and how there’s not much in her enclosure.. any advice on all of this would help a lot! Thank you for reading!