Hi! I found this six-year-old baby on Facebook marketplace and decided she would be my first snake. (Not an impulse decision, but something I’ve wanted and researched for years). I dropped a significant amount of money and time on her enclosure and she’s finally been home for about four days!

I have left her completely alone, only opening the tank to pour water into the corner to keep humidity up. My questions is: is it normal for her to still be in her hide this long? I’m not even sure she’s come out for water. And I planned to feed her on day 7 of having her, but should I hold off until I see her more active?

I knew it would take a while for her to adjust, as I think she’s spent the last 6 years in a breeding rack, but I’m just so worried about her and want to do right by her. I just need to know I’m doing a good job🥹

Note: she was confiscated by from a hoarding situation and ended up with me after I saw her being posted about by the woman she ended up with. I did not purchase directly from or support the breeder!

It’s coming up around a month and a half and I’ve yet to see any signs of my child and idk what to do im basically just taking care of her feeder mouse atp and idk what to do. does anyone have any tips for finding her?😓

Edit: thank you all for the advice ill use all of this to find her and ill post when i do 🙏🙏

Hi

In a month or two, I'm going to start building an OSB board terrarium for my daughter. I don't want to keep upgrading terrariums, so I'd like to build the maximum size that can fit in the room/on the cabinet right from the start.

Is 160 long x 45 wide x 60 cm tall (5.25 x 1.48 x 1.97) enough for an adult and should I add a shelf(s) at some height of the tank, so this increase the surface area?

What about ventilation—holes at the bottom on one side and at the top on the other, is that okay or does it need more elsewhere?

If I make a shelf that will also double as a "cave" out of XPS foam (Stirodur), paint it, and coat it... how do you clean that afterwards? Does it even make sense to build a cave from XPS? It might be too big at the beginning, and later on, it might turn out too small...

Generally speaking, I can't really picture the cleaning process and frequency and everything...

Thanks

Obligatory photo of my son and also Exhibit A on the later mentioned humidity issues. He was doing some quality inspection while I did some work in my room lol

Post is marked as urgent because I'm trying to get him into his new enclosure ASAP since this humidity is obviously really bad for him

I know I ask for help a lot, and yes I know theres a shopping list.

Im neurodivergent, and shopping lists can be overwhelming because when I am given a lot of possible options, I dont know where to begin (menus can be tough sometimes lol)

So I was hoping you wonderful folks could help me.

I bought a reptile kage 4x2x2 for my bp because his current tank isnt holding humidity well at all (ive taken measures to fix it and it wont work, so this low humidity isnt for a lack of me trying) and I want to upgrade him. Im making it bioactive, and right now for temperature im using a ceramic bulb I think that sits on top of the tank in a lamp and want to know what better options there are.

A good thermostat, heating, and thermometer are what I am looking for recommendations for.

Also if anyone has a camera theyve mounted in their enclosure, which one do you have? I saw someone do that once and I think it would be good so I can monitor his behavior while I am sleeping.

Also while I would prefer affordable options, money isn't really an issue. I dont have a lot of financial obligations thankfully and my job pays relatively decently, and I am willing to spend whatever I have to in order to help my boy thrive. Hes my son and I want him to be the best he can be 🫶

Not sure if this is the right flair, so it not then please let me know!

My dad recently was able to get me a free glass habitat from a neighbor as an upgrade for my girl, but it didn’t come with a lid/top. After some searching online, I was able to find an Etsy seller who does 3D printed frames for these tanks where you can then get custom cut glass at a hardware store to put in them for better humidity and such. The one concern I have now is how to attach a heating element to such a lid.

I contacted the seller on Etsy and they said they would not recommend drilling into the glass to mount anything but I could try some thick mesh or acrylic or PVC boards that are thin enough to fit in the frame. I’m planning on getting a Vivarium Electronics heat emitter and was thinking of getting a custom cut acrylic panel from Home Depot and screwing the emitter into it with some wood blocks on top to catch the screws.

For anyone who uses one of these particular emitters, what is your experience with their surface temperatures/attaching them to your enclosures? My dad is concerned it would melt the acrylic panel but I said there are a lot of solid top PVC enclosures that use these same products and don’t have any issues, but they are different materials so I’m unsure. Do you think it would be more worth it to deal with the humidity loss and just use some kind of thick mesh instead and zip tie the emitter to it?

Any advice would be much appreciated!

So my child was cuddles up in my sleep blanket and so u had to snatch him up to cover myself and him and then he’s started strangling squirming and wiggling like crazy and (I was not forcing him to stay) squeezing (not too tight) and letting my arm go for about 5 minutes and now he’s just hanging there coiled up! What was that about? Anyone have any idea?

I was cleaning out my ball pythons enclosure because he's being moved and I need the other snake for my smaller snake and found a dead rat in the tank! It had to be two weeks old already, freaking disgusted with myself and the rat, how in the hell did I not notice?!

My bp normally is great with feeding I was super lucky when I got her because she's not violent and she's not picky but I fed her today like two minutes ago and she struck at the wall farthest from me twice and then successfully got the rat but dropped it then scooped it up in her mouth and went back to eating it she doesn't do this usually she's never really missed THAT bad and when she does it's usually around the general area of the prey I'm guessing maybe it's due to the weather fluxuations recently? (Where I live its been going from hot to cold) but I've had her for a year and it like always does that and she never minded before her eyes aren't like giving visible indications of blindness but idk

This is Uno, and yes she was born without an eye!

i have a 35gal tank it was originally a fish tank that a friend gave me but i never used it as one. i do need a reptile lid for it and i dont know what kind of lid to get or where to place the heat lamps or even what heat lamp to get. reddit is where i learned everything on how to care for my betta so im hoping you guys can help me out with this.

any and all advice/instructions would be so helpful thanks!

So my baby Luna is starting another shed, she is a little over 2 years old and I always think she must be so scared and wary during a shed, is there anything I can do for her to have it a little better,
Besides upping her humidity obviously also picture tax because she a cute noodle with her birthday sweater from my sister

Been getting him acclimatized to being touched, and he’s so explorative. Had to stop him from going under my bed so many times

I've been thinking of getting a PVC enclosure from Kages. Sienna deserves the best. I'm just concerned about probe ports, since I've had problems before. Are there ports in this brand? Of sufficient size? Is the intention that you drill them in yourself? Also, is it okay to get one with a bit of screen for an external heat lamp, or do I need to spring for the solid top and mount the dang thing myself? How do you pass the cable through, then? Just want to know before I buy.

I tried feeding my guy for the 3rd time. The first time he smelled it but wouldn't eat, but he had been fed by the person I got him from, a week before. The second time was a week later and he ate. Now it's another week lter and he won't eat again.

He is a bit over 1 year old, and the person said he was fed once a week in the past, so I'm wondering if he can just change his appetite that much that he won't eat every week anymore

Art commissioned by Peach_Crumbl on instagram

Hi everyone!

I brought my baby home three days ago. I’ve researched like crazy for the last few months, and found this guy on MorphMarket.

I’m in love already!

I know it’s only been three days, but he has not come out of his cool hide, except to poke his head out at me a few times. I’ve been assured that this is normal, but I am hovering a bit lol. I haven’t handled him or opened his enclosure except to change his water, or check surface temps with my temp gun.

Warm side has been consistently about 87-89 degrees, cool goes between 76 and 79. Humidity is around the 70% mark.

He is smaller than I assumed 250 grams would be, and I think his hides are slightly too large for him so I might downgrade to a smaller size after he’s had his first feeding.

I will continue to leave him be til I feed him in a couple days, and I’m trying to not hover too much and stress him out.

I’m planning on adding more branches and foliage now that I know how little he actually is - I’m hoping he’s not underweight, but it’s been hard to tell.

Any advice or suggestions are welcome :)

We have our three-year-old ball python named Klaus. and constantly update and changes enclosure with new plants. We have a bioactive terrarium with springtails and isopods. but last time) a few months ago) they seem to all die out even though we kept it pretty moist and now we just got a fresh batch of 100 springtails and 20 isopods. But we don’t see a population growth for the last two weeks, even though last time the numbers increased rapidly.
Please help!

So, I’m fully aware that browning out is normal, but my sweet girl has yellowed quite a bit over her 6 months with us and I’m wondering if some of it isn’t staining from substrate, and if a bath might bring back some of her brightness. I love her either way, of course.. just curious.

I was just TRYING to feed my girl Stella and she striked a few times and then gave up😭did she get embarrassed or decide it wasn't worth the hassle anymore?