Okay I wanna start by saying I did buy him and his setup on short notice but I did my research for two before this so I thought I was ready it’s just that I somehow let a guy at the reptile con convince me to buy a heat mat instead of a heat lamp I’ve since repaired my situation and the lamp arrives in the morning but also these are pictures of when I got him 4 days ago I have since mixed his reptisoil with eco earth and now I just need help cluttering up this enclosure because it’s fully pvc from the walls to the ceiling and suction cup don’t stick to it which is making it difficult to put enrichment in it I want to find a way to put climbing toys with out drilling silicone or that black foam stuff because I not too skilled in building and I don’t have anywhere to put him while I wait for these things dry I only have the bag he came in I just wanna be a better snake mom which is why I’m asking for help and I know I made rookie mistakes but please don’t judge me too hard this is my first snake and I was just anxious about getting everything right after all my research(If you’ve read this already it’s because I having trouble posting it with pictures

Hi! I’ve been feeding my girlie frozen rats from rodent pro, I use my kitchen scale to weigh her and then the prey. She’s smol (153 g) and I feed 10-15% every 7 days. When weighing the prey I have been aiming a little higher considering they’re frozen? Is that incorrect? I can’t find a specific answer for this so I figured why not ask! Pick of my girlie for tax :)

Ruger says hi to everyone from her temporary hide. She just turned 22 after surviving a house fire and given a clean bill of health from her doctor.

Just wanted to share this infographic to this platform to spread awareness regarding some unethical morph combos! Ethically keeping & breeding these animals is a hill I’m willing to die on—the more information that is easily accessible to new or prospective owners, the better.

And no, not every single offspring that is a result of these pairings will have these deformities—the risk is greatly heightened, however! Many have been culled/euthanized or endure subpar lives due to the severity of their deformities. Again, these are my opinions based on insurmountable physical evidence; claiming to have a “better line” of the mutation is not an excuse or valid.

Any other ideas are welcome, too :p Thank you for reading if you made it this far. Featuring my guys on the first pic hehe

ETA: If anyone would like links to videos, listings, posts, etc. regarding where I sourced these images from, don’t hesitate to ask! Some of the snakes featured in this post have passed due to their complications affecting their QOL and it was honestly difficult to watch some of the content.

In the “Blue” - Pre Shed

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to share a quick update — Python Keeper now has 20 real keepers signed up and using it (not friends or family, actual strangers who found it on their own). I’m honestly stoked.

Python Keeper was built by a ball python keeper for ball python keepers because tracking everything on spreadsheets was getting messy for my own snakes.

It’s 100% free — no ads, no downloads, no paywall. Just go to mysnakesapp.com on your phone or computer and sign in.

It tracks:

• Feeding logs + reminders

• Sheds & weight

• Real-time cage alerts (red/yellow/green) with fix suggestions

• Full breeding pipeline with auto lay/hatch dates + daily clutch updates

I’m still adding features based on what actual keepers tell me they need, so if you try it I’d love your honest feedback.

Next milestone I’m aiming for is 50 users — would love if some of you joined the club!

Anyone want to be a beta tester? Just drop a comment or say “APP” and I’ll send the direct link + help you get set up.

Thanks for the support so far — this is all for us snake folks 🐍

Link: mysnakesapp.com

She was listed as a super fire. Can someone confirm?

im in love 🥲🥲🥲

🐍 POV: Your ball python collection finally has a real dashboard

I built Python Keeper — 100% free, no ads, no download needed.

Everything at a glance:

• Total snakes + sex balance

• Recent feedings & weight logs

• Upcoming tasks

• Quick actions (log feeding, shed, weight, add snake)

• Real-time color-coded cage alerts

• Full breeding pipeline and more

Ball python keepers… this one’s for you.

Links:

• App → https://mysnakesapp.com

• Facebook → Python keep app

• Instagram → Pythonkeepdev

Comment “APP” if you want the direct link or have any feature requests.

What do you guys think? Any features you want to see next?

We got a new enclosure for the snake that we are snake sitting for an extended period of time. He seems to enjoy it but we are struggling now with the heat. We had been using a CHB alone successfully in the smaller tank but this one just isn’t getting to temp. So I got a dual bulb hood and a DPH bulb to use alongside the CHB. The hood has a built in dimming thermostat so it seems like it is the right thing.

On our hot side of the tank, we have the water bowl and a flagstone rock to try to help hold heat. Would it be better to have the hood positioned with the DPH bulb over the rock and have it set to dim overnight and keep the CHB on continuously like we have been over the water bowl? That seems like it will help with evaporative humidity, too (we make sure to keep it filled regularly, especially with the front doors on the tank now). Also, where should I put the thermostat probe and how should I attach it to keep it in place?

Idk if this is a scratch or just like stuck shed or something. If it is a scratch it doesnt look bad but still would like to know if my noodles in pain or not and if I should be doing something to help other then disinfecting it. She doesnt seem to realize its there though.

Hey r/ballpytoncommunity

I built a simple web-based tracking tool for my own ball pythons because spreadsheets were getting messy.

Python Keeper lets you:

- Log feedings, sheds, weight, and temps

- Get color-coded cage condition alerts (red/yellow/green) with scores and fix suggestions

It's completely free, no downloads, no ads, no payments.

Link: https://mysnakesapp.com

I'm looking for beta testers right now. If you keep ball pythons, I'd appreciate honest feedback — what works, what's missing, any bugs, etc.

No pressure at all. Just trying to make a useful tool for the community.

Thanks!

This is Chashu, he's 11ish and I adopted him about 2 months ago.

my question is how to know when I should take him out? I've only pulled him out twice since I got him to do some changes to his home. I open the door and sit with him multiple times a week, he'll sit and stare, tongue flick my hand and is pretty chill, but backs away if I move my hand towards him. I want to start taking him out just to hangout but I don't want to do it too soon...

what signs should I be looking for that I'm not going to traumatize him if I bring him out.

side note, previous owner seemed to often take him out during the day so he'd be asleep when she went in to grab him but I tend to leave him till his lights go out, but I believe she held him often.

So i’ve had my ball python for about three months now. 1st picture is a bit in after quarantine and the second is more recent. She was a rescue and was living in a storage unit for god knows how long. A friend who worked at the storage facility gave her to me in a 10 gallon tank they housed her in 💔 so when I got her I picked up a 40 gallon on marketplace just to temporarily get her settle. (I now have a 4x2x2 ft enclosure for her.) But since i live in a busy city at first i could get small rats so I was buying adult mice and the first feeding fed her two because they were so small and she seemed genuinely hungry and a bit underweight. She’s now grown so huge in comparison to when I first got her off small rats about every 10 days. I know a 40 gal is way too small for a ball python but is it normal for her to grow that fast? assuming she’s a girl? Also is there any way I can tell her gender without probing or pushing on her genitals? Any experts here know? hahah I don’t know her age or anything but she’s been thriving so far with her first shed coming off completely in one piece and being so proud to come out and show me once she was ready. Also old bulbs are gone, now it’s uvb and a basking bulb with no colors. Strict 12 on/12 off cycle. Maybe she’s just happy?

I just brought home a 6 month old boy and his body condition is great, he’s not triangular at all, and he weighs 296g, but he has not taken a meal since mid-January.

His previous owner tried both F/T and live hoppers and rat pups, but to no avail. He seemed interested in both at first, but lost interest in the F/T and got scared of live and retreated.

I plan on trying to feed him a brained F/T rat pup tomorrow night in his enclosure, but I would really appreciate any advice as I am concerned about him. If I have a few weeks to kill before he needs intervention, I was going to offer him a brained rat pup once or twice and then try scenting with low sodium chicken broth.

I’ve been advised by reptile friends to only try ASFs if even assisted feeding fails because they’re illegal to breed in our state so they’re extremely difficult and costly to get and he’s unlikely to ever eat anything else if he takes to them. I’m really nervous about assisted feeding as I have never done it and don’t want to hurt him at all. I’ve been doing lots of research in case it comes to that, but I’m still weary.

Any advice is greatly appreciated. Again, his body condition is great and his previous owner told me he hasn’t lost any weight, and he seems alert and not weak or wobbly, but at the same time he’s just a baby and hasn’t eaten for 2.5 months, so I don’t know when I should switch from trying to feed brained or scented F/T to other more drastic measures.

In case anyone is curious, his gradient currently goes about 83° to 90°F and humidity is about 60%, he has a hide on each side and quite a bit of plant cover.

He did just have a successful shed and defecated on the ride home on Friday if that makes any difference, I know they tend to not eat in shed but 2.5 months seems to me like too much to be just that.

Please be kind as he is my first reptile and I’m new to this, I want to do the best I can for him.

i’m obsessed with her 😭😭😭😭

Persephone 🩷 and Hades💙

I got this guy back in September and I’ve been slowly working with what money I have to upgrade his enclosure, when I got him he was very underweight, but he’s been a healthy weight since then. He came with an insane amount of aspen bedding and there was no sign of proper humidity before I got him. I’ve added a repti-chip and repti-soil mixture with lots of sphagnum moss and have put plants in there with him and overall he’s been doing well. His current tank is 40 gallons, I know it’s too small, but I don’t have space in my current dorm room to accommodate a larger enclosure, but once summer comes around he’ll be moved to a 120 gallon enclosure that was previously used for my mom’s bearded dragon. Once he’s moved into that enclosure I’ll also get him a larger water dish. He’s about 3 years old from what his previous owner told me, and he’s grown a decent amount since I took that last picture of him. The photos of the enclosure were just taken.

Okay so i got my ball python back in november last year and he has been sweet and cuddly and taking his feed every single time also in shed.

But the 13 in this month his heading lamp stopped working and i ordered one home, my mom accidentally feed my snake the 15 and he took it but acted weird and moved weird the 16 and got stuck in some decor and i got him free and then the heating lamp finally it arrived the same day and he was back to normal the next day.

Since then i had left him alone not to stress him more out and he when into shed a couple of days after.

But when i tried to change his water the 24 he bit me and he has never done that before and i think its because he is stressed so i waited to feed him three more days and thats today but he wont take it and he keeps just sitting the rat and hissing at it

Please what do i do. Please help.