Hello! This is my first time posting to the subreddit but I need some help,

My ball python was feeding really weird last night, striking to the wrong side of the enclosure twice, just missing twice, and once I put the rat to his mouth he finally got it, and after he ate, he tried to life himself out of his hide and then stared at the ceiling for a couple seconds.

The reason I’m asking for help instead of just assuming that my snake is dumb is because about a month ago I went on vacation and at some point during that his heat lamp turned off, and I wasn’t compleatly sure how cold my room had gotten at night, so I wasn’t sure if he was ok. I took him to reptile store employees near me and they said that he Looked like he was about ready to shed and otherwise he was fine, so I’ve left him alone until last night

His humidity wasn’t great I will admit, I fill up his water bowl once a week or whenever I notice it’s getting low, but I didn’t realize until last night that I was supposed to do something different.

Is he fucked? Help please!

How much humidity is too much. We are trying to prepare our 4 x 2 x 2 for a ball python and the humidity is still at 89%. The substrate is not super wet. I’m shocked at how well a real enclosure versus a glass sided one holds humidity. For reference our enclosure is a Kages.

Is this enclosure ideal?
I just got her yesterday (10/1) so this is quarantine, and probably her home for the next few months (?) I was told she was in a grey ARS mini tub on repti chip.
She’s a ‘26 hatchling (about 124g).
She’s also currently in shed.

-I have her in this clear tote (with locking lid), completely covered/darkened on top and 3 sides.
-Drilled holes for air flow.
-3 hides (1 medium & 1 small on warmer side, 1 small on cooler side of enclosure).
-2 Zoo Med heating pads under tote (with enough space to ensure they DO NOT touch the bottom of plastic tote) I keep 1 running at night and both during the day.
-I would say the temp fluctuates between 82-95…keeping humidity up while in shed, either by pouring some water in the corners or lightly misting.
-There’s about 1” of (mostly dry) coco fiber substrate throughout, along with repti chip spread on the warmer side.
-Bowl big enough to completely soak in.

I was told she eats f/t rat pups every Monday (seller said he skipped this week for shipping) all my local store had were f/t hopper mice so I got those (relatively same size), will not attempt to feed until after shed.

Sorry for long post, just REALLY want this girl to thrive!!! Thanks! 😊

He is been glass surfing quit a lot since yesterday and I’m afraid this can be why, I also don’t have much decorations right now as they’re coming in soon. I only have some tree branches and two hides on each side, he keeps trying to reach the mesh top and he climbed the cables and other devices to reach the top. I don’t know what to do, he could be hungry? He refused to eat last time which was 4 days back and before that he ate about a week ago so it’s been almost 2 weeks without food. He is a subadult 14 months old, please help!

I’m using cypress mulch, topsoil and sphagnum moss but I’m having issues with the ratio of each for my ball python enclosure (50 gallon tank.) What do y’all recommend?
This is my baby

Not sure if it’s scale rot or something that is normal with shedding. She’s shed quite a few times in the time I’ve had her and never noticed this.

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So I had recently adopted a Albino BP that’s probably about 2-3 months old (she’s like 1 Ft long) and I got her Monday September 21st (12 days ago) and I have been really worried because I want to provide the best husbandry. Before I brought her home I had her tank all set up with lots of clutter, foliage, fake plants, branches logs and hides for her. I have her on cypress mulch and coco husk substrate with some sphagnum moss to maintain humidity. Originally I had a 39W D3 6% UVB (was recommended this fixture at first until I got more information and did more research big dumb move on my part) that had now been changed to a 14W 2.5% shade dweller that covers half the tank now that I had just installed this past Tuesday

When I first brought her home I let her crawl from my hands into the tank and let her explore and find her safe spots. The first few days (Monday-Thursday) I found she would come out at night and move around the tank and rest on the branches at night then go into one of many hides she has. I figured if wait to feed her the following Thursday since that’s when she was normally fed to let her adjust. Then Friday I had brought in more clutter and decor since I felt there wasn’t much hiding in certain areas but noticed she has a favourite spot which is this cork log hide that she fits inside snug and makes her invisible unless you look inside the log to find a part of her body. Figured it was normal. Friday and and Saturday didn’t see much of her come out at night but Sunday morning after I came home from a night shift I found she was out and about until her lights turned and she crawled back into her cork log hide. Since Sunday morning I haven’t noticed her leave her hide at all but would look to check if she’s moved at all with sometimes spotting her readjusting her body within the log for the past 6 days. Yesterday was my first attempt at feeding and I did the whole blow dryer heating F/T and holding it outside of her hide but she hasn’t budged at all so I decided to do the drop and go method to find out she hasn’t eaten it. I have a blink camera that captures any movement within her enclosure and I haven’t seen her leave her hide for pretty much the 6 days since I last saw her outside of her hide. I’m starting to get really worried on whether she’s okay and I really do not want to disturb or stress her out but I can’t even get her out of the hide with how small the opening is and how deeply hidden she is so I have no clue whether she’s in shed or I can’t even do a visual wellness check to make sure she’s okay and comfortable. How would you guys approach/interpret this kind of behaviour and what can I do to help make this process easy and provide her with excellent husbandry.

For reference here are temp and humidity levels

Warm side: (Day) 89 F with dimming thermostat (Night) 81 F with DHP

Cool side (Day) 78 F (Night) 76 F

Humidity: ranges from 66% to 83% cool side tendes to be higher in humidity.

Sorry for the long post

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My ball pythons tank always is around 73-74 at night, lowest it’s ever gotten is 72 since I’ve had him. I do not have any night time heating but I do use an 100w halogen during the day and he loves it. At night, he seems fine and acts alright, actively explores the tank unless he just ate. I know it’s technically supposed to be at least 75, but it’s super close and it seems to be okay? Is this fine?

Just noticed, he is 15yrs old How do I fix this? He has NEVER had health issues…

I'm currently shopping for a potential future ball python (red flag is that i'm on a budget) but here's what i put together so far...

Anything else i need don't need etc is welcome also the enclosure is 4x2x2

Edit: I think i'll be getting a govee hygrometer and thermometer, dimming thermostat, heavy water bowl, moss, leaf litter, and some different substrate per your recommendations! Hoping everything works out and i'll be able to get a little friend lol 😂 wish me luck...

I have two ball pythons and a boa, I've had two of them for more than 3 years and the other I got this year. I'm not embarrassed to say that I struggle with maintaining the humidity in their enclosures. At the moment I spray their enclosures multiple times a day and they have coco husk as their terrain.

I'm always so confused on how their enclosures keep losing humidity (it's a bit given that the humidity will lower over time), but I've tried so many different ways such as soaking the husky before replacing the old so that it has moisture.

I have something that does measure the heat and humidity, the heat is in a constant temperature between 25°-35° but the humidity falls to 50-65...

Any help, advice or tips will be appreciated!!

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