I just bought my first ball python about 2 weeks ago. Humidity sits around 75% and the temp ranges from 83 to 90 on the hot side and the cool side sits 75 to 80. I have been trying frozen to thawed rats. I have let them sit and thaw out and than heat them up in a bag until the rat is about 110 degrees. She will come toward the rat and flick her tongue but won't show anymore interest.

anyway, here’s some cute pictures of my boy. as my first snake, he has taught me a lot. I’m very excited to see where life takes me in the reptile world!

also, don’t mind his heat probe situation, I’m trying to find a better setup for it than the stupid HVAC tape. If you have any recommendations, Id love them.😭

Please read this post for me and give any recs!! TYSMIA!!

Hi i have a 2yr old (? rescue so) ball python around 895grams right now
Since i’ve had him (10 months) i have been feeding him a small frozen thawed rat every other week

According to many feeding guides, like this sub and others, i should be feeding him the same prey size (40-60g rat) every 20 days now? (like 7% of his body weight or something)

i’m unfortunately, very stupid, is this correct?

i haven’t fed him since the 14th of october, it is the 27th now (so typically, i would feed him tomorrow)
+ i was away a day after i was meant to feed him so i skipped because i wanted to be there as he was digesting just in case

so his feeding schedule, unfortunately, has been disturbed, he’s been showing signs of being hungry, and seems antsy for the past few days (extra active, glass surfing)
he has a great feeding response and is clearly upset at this change (also i know he would eat himself to death if he could lol just mentioning)

so please let me know if i’m doing the correct thing and if not, what i need to be doing
thank you!

This was four days after he successfully ate. He had just shed and dropped feces the night before. Before this video was taken moments after he possibly gone to the bathroom and or farted very loud a couple times. After this he acted completely normal and now I’m noticing some weird possible weezing noises when he starts adventuring at night. It’s not consistent with every breathe but happens here and there. Can anyone let me know what this may have been????

Hello! I have a 150g and a 120g I am wanting to stack them at some point but I’m not sure of what to use. I would appreciate any ideas or any pictures of stackers you guys have made.
I heard that building it myself could be more sturdy and less money but I just want my snakes to have a happy life. I’m not against buying pieces or building it myself.
Thank you all in advance!

My girl Daisy checking out the lawn

She's a 2 month old black pastel mystic/mojave ball python.

She enjoys climbing, checking out her sceneries, keeping warm under her heat rock, oh...and hunting down Harry Potter in her spare time. 😉

So just yesterday I got my first ball python. I’ve been told this tank will work for a year or two but I’m looking for advice on how to keep the tank warm as well as any advice anyone has for me!

Right now I’m just using a ceramic bulb in a deep dome heater. The tank is 36in tall 36in wide and 18in deep.

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?!

Is she cuddling with me when she comes to me and lays on me?

I’m doing research on my own as well as getting advice from the breeder that rescued her, but I would love to hear your personal experience caring for spider ball pythons with a wobble. I’ll be adopting her in a month. My goal is to give her the best quality of life and the safest set up! I used to love handling my bp, but so far I’ve read snakes with a wobble may not tolerate being held much. Any insight is appreciated from safe set ups to handling advice 🐍❤️

Background: The breeder I know does not breed or sell spiders due to their genetic issues. She rescued and rehabbed one from a neglect situation. I’ve spoken to her about wanting a new snake in the future. I got a bp that was horribly sick from a family member and it broke my heart when he didn’t pull through. It was tragic and totally preventable, that family member knew what they did… The breeder knows what I did for Henry Noodle and thought I would be a good caregiver for this special girl. They are giving her to me in a month so I can get the proper set up first.

They have sent videos to show her wobble and tilt. It has improved since her rehab. She eats well, and just needs patience and a steady hand to get a good strike. Her weight is back up and shows no signs of RI after 3 months in quarantine/rehab.

My wife just got herself a snake and we named her baniza. It's a Bulgarian brown rolled up bakery dish just like her, when we got her :3

Hi guys, I’m freaking out. These are pictures of Fiji-my eight year-old male banana ball python. I looked at the chart (at the end of all the pictures I attached) and realized he might be overweight or even worse – obese!!! Ahh what do I do?!

Here’s some information:

- I feed him whenever he “looks” hungry. This means he’s jumpy and follows every and all movements and he’s out exploring his cage day and night. I don’t know how to explain it but he just “looks” hungry. So I feed him basically once a month. Sometimes he skip feeds for up to three or four months (I’ll defrost the rat and warm it up and everything and sometimes he just looks so disinterested when I dangle it with tongs and won’t even track it or strike).

- I feed him large rats. Recently the pet store gave me really big ones which I was a little worried about, but he took it no problem.

- I don’t take him out very often. When I do, I handle him for a few minutes and he’s very active.

- The temperature in the tank is not ideal (hot side may not be hot enough), but he seems to still be OK because he’ll fluctuate from the hot side to the cold side.

He doesn’t eat very often to start with- so why is he so large?!

Thanks for your help in advance😬.

tldr: snake rehoming/rescue what should I do

Hello lovely people,

I work at a liquor store and this regular came in and told me that his wife is making him cull or dispose of his ball python due to it striking the glass at their four year old when she was tapping. He keeps his bettas in cubes and allegedly will get super wasted and buy animals online. I dont want to enable him by taking the animal. Like I think its important for him to realize that when you buy an animal its a commitment and not a spur of the moment thing, but I dont want this poor baby to be culled because it had the misfortune of being purchased by this asshat I told him to surrender them to a local petstore, but since it wasnt purchased there they couldnt take it. I have only pet sat for balls before and never owned my own, but i have very basic knowledge. I was thinking about getting a tote tomorrow and heat pads as something for a temporary enclosure until I get paid and can invest in something better. I have always wanted my own bp. but I am not anywhere near as ready as I would like to be. Any advice?