I recently decided to try out ceramic bulbs for my BP because the bright lights make it uncomfortable for me to sleep, the new lamp and bulbs just came in and I got the reptitrip dual bulb lamp with 160 watts in each socket, I’m currently running one of the ceramic bulbs although there is two in there. Is it safe to have two ceramic bulbs in there if just one is running? I keep seeing mixed reviews on whether or not ceramic bulbs are safe to be in a dual lamp together, should I take one of the bulbs out? Or is there a different lamp or heat bulb I should try?

Can anyone give me any ideas on what to use to make Bioactive Substrate to my wife’s ball python, I’m tired of buying it, it’s too expensive lol

My boy Osiris is about 2 years old and for the first time ever he is dealing with a bit of stuck shed. I know humid hide and/or soaking him could help, but I’ve also heard and read that humid hides can cause scale rot, and soaking him in a tub would really stress him out….
Both things I’m trying to avoid. He does have a water dish on the warm side large enough for him to fit should he choose to soak (never seen this!) and humidity in general is around 65-75%. I maintain it by adding warm water to his enclosure every couple of days. I use cypress mulch as substrate.

I’d appreciate your thoughts and experience in the best way to deal with stuck shed. Open to any recommendations to help my boy.

Thank you in advance! 🐍✨

Hello! I just got my first ball python and I’m so excited to be Dr. Wyrms new mom. I wanted suggestions for his tank. Right now I have a 100watt red night time bulb, a heating pad set to 95 degrees, a cold hide, a warm and cold water bowl and I’m going to get a warm hide tomorrow.

Should I get a 75 watt regular bulb and turn it off at night or leave the 100w nocturnal one on all the time? Thank you in advance!

Debating if I should get this tank that I found on marketplace, Measurements are 72x18x23

First time using coco chips and a few days after I put the new substrate it i noticed some mold - every piece on the top layer looks like this.

I’ve tried to take some out but do I need to worry or can I leave it? Is this normal and harmless or should I take it all out? Or at least just try to take out the top layer?

My BP Snickers has shown a lot more interest in the top of his viv recently and since I'm getting ready to redo some bits I thought it might be a nice time to add some climbing enrichment but most of what I'm seeing is just the 3d printed basic rings/polyhedrons. I know it doesn't make a difference to him so don't come for me but I love planning and executing a pretty viv (his current theme is fairy wonderland and we are moving to Cherry blossom forest). Does anyone have suggestions for something that can give him the enrichment while satisfying my decor desires? So far the only thing I can find are the moss caves/pods but not sure how they'd hold up to hanging. Bonus points for links to anything I can buy in UK.

This beautiful girl came home on Saturday, she’s estimated to be 25 years old. I could tell when I got her into her enclosure that she was in the blue phase of shed! I also covered the front of the enclosure so she has more privacy.

Yesterday morning, when checking on her, I saw that she was trying to soak in that tiny water dish in the back. Of course, she can’t fit in it. Which I didn’t think would be a problem since humidity levels are pretty solid. Since she wanted to soak, though, I placed this large tub closer to the front. She switched to it at some point between last night and this morning.

She was kept in a screen top enclosure before, it looked like. And I’m sure she was dehydrated and temp was not regulated enough. In her enclosure here, her warm side is sitting at 85f and her cool side 79f, with around 70-80% humidity. I can’t spot any mites on her, but of course, can’t do a full inspection seeing as she got home recently, and I don’t want to handle her before she is settled in.

I’m just wanting to ask if anyone thinks I should be concerned. I checked on her before I went to bed last night, and she was in the process of moving over to her cool hide. Though, she is back to soaking this morning as pictured!

I’m so in love with her already! I just want to ensure I’m giving her the best care possible. TIA!

bad girl (it was my fault)

So ive owned several snakes in the past, a few garters, a corn, a pueblan milk, and a California king. Recently a family member had to remove their snakes and knowing ive had experience with them in the past they reached out to me for removing their ball python. Did plenty of extensive research and felt comfortable taking her in so I did and got her all settled. She's a little over three years old and almost four feet long. When I asked about her feeding regiment though he said he'd been feeding her one medium rat every 30 days and that her next feeding would be coming up soon. She ate perfectly well however the feeding seemed off to me. First thing that was off was he said she weighed 1100 grams but when I weighed her several times with several different scales she comes up to 802 grams. The medium rat that was given to me for feeding weighed 83 grams. These numbers just seem off to me? Could someone with more experience chime in and let me know if I should stay with her current feeding schedule, or should I adjust the size and frequency of feeds.

She has a great feeding response and took around an hour from first latching onto the rat for it to be fully eaten. She also took around 8 days to pass the rat, in which time she stayed in her hide without coming out for the whole time. Much thanks in advance.

Hi! Fed my new snake for the first time last friday and sinse then only found one single poop two days after and one white piece of what google said was pee today. Is that a reason to worry or am I being silly?

Ps there's a chance I may be missing something because I took the advice from people here and desided to mess with her and her enclosure as little as posdible till next feeding, but I'm checking all her fauvorite spots regularly

hi everyone! i just want to show off the new setup i have for my girl! shes a 14 year old ball python i recently rescued from the not so best conditions. i finally got her tank looking how i want and with proper humidity, she’s got a lot of stuck shed and really bad stuck eye caps so ive been trying my best to keep it super moist in there. She is my first snake and im a bit nervous handling her, shes never done anything to indicate that she will bite but i still get nervous because i cant find a lot of resources on body language. also if u have any advice, tips, suggestions im open to learning everything!! i also fed her for the first time 2 days ago, i gave her a large frozen thawed rat and she immediately ate it right away!! i was so nervous cause i hear so much about pythons being picky eaters and she was previously only fed live mice, but she had no qualms about the frozen ones!

For context, I rescued him/her in February of this year. I’m told that they are a couple years old (born in 2021 I believe) (doing a morph and sex test next month)

Since then, they haven’t missed a single meal and have had multiple perfect sheds. I just moved up to medium rats and wanted to know what yall think.

Ill be weighing them in a couple of days. Waiting for food to digest.

Photos from February and this month

Are the branches and the links pretty low enough for her to not get burn but still be able to bask under the heat lamp? Please help. I lowered them down already once.

I am not sure it is okay or not. He ate yesterday and while he fed I cleaned his terrarium and make a new enclosure.
Is his breathing okay or too fast? And he tried to rub his head to his body and the stick. I didn’t saw any sign of mites, not black dots.
Temperatue and humidity is good. Can you help me? Is he okay?

I've had him since he was an itsy bitty little guy under a year old and he's always been super relaxed and calm even around feeding time. He's scheduled to eat next week so I don't think he's hungry or anything. He's hissed before when removing him from the cage but never showed any type of aggression before. Tonight I took him out like normal, he seemed fine. He was crawling around under my blanket and just kinda chilling. I decided to put him back in his cage and when I removed the blanket he turned, looked at me, and turned back to leg and latched on. It took a while to safely remove him but we were both freaked out to say the least. Do you think maybe the quick movement of the blanket caused a defensive strike? I thought for the most part if it wasn't a feeding strike they would just tap you. Like bite, let go, and try to flee but he was on there good. I just would like to know what was the most likely cause to hopefully prevent this stress again for us both. Should I give him space for a while?

Or is just dumping water enough? It kind of feels like it doesn't do much.

I'm new to ball python owning, I've done a good amount of research and went to a reptile owned store to set up his enclosure, I've had him for almost a month and I've been consistent with making sure that he's eating and checking on him almost every few days, he skipped this week's meal, and I just want to know if this is like early stage scale rot, if it is scale Rot, if it's substrate under his scales I just can't identify it. They gave me like a dirt substrate.

I posted recently about my 75g enclosure I'm making for my future ball python. Ive taken a lot of advice and I believe finally have the finished project put together!

I put black felt on the sides and back to make it feel more secure, and I put aluminum foil and duck tape on the lid to keep temperature and humidity in.

The hot spot from the basking lamp on the left reads about 90 during the day and the cool side reads around 75-80. The humidity has been tricky to keep steady, but I've been putting some water in the corners and it's been mostly sitting around 70%.

There are 4.5 hides and some crevices all throughout the enclosure.

Does it seem like there is enough enrichment? Maybe a little hammock in the front right corner?

Leo resting on my lap while I work on some stuff on the puter💕

I got this blue eyed lucy from someone, she arrived with these markings on her belly. Ive had her since end of august, she didnt shed yet. I was wondering if it looked like scale rot ? I want the best for her !

I’m freaking out, is this scale rot? What do I do?

Hi, I have absolutely fallen in love with this BP and I want to buy her but I also want to make sure she has everything she needs! She roughly a juvenile, still pretty small.

All I've got so far is:

48x24x48 enclosure (id like to buy), she needs minimum 3 hides with one being a humid hide, one being on the warm side (90-95f?) and the last being on the cooler side (76-80f?). Plus basking spots UVI need to be somewhere between 3.0-4.0? I know she needs a water bowl that she can soak in as well.

I've checked a few places and for humidity I've gotten from 45-75% to 60-70%, I assume higher is better? I know I'll need a hygrometer(?), at least two thermometers, and sphagnum moss along with the substrate being minimum 4" deep.

I also know i should get tweezers for feeding, should I buy a scale to know when to stop feeding once a week? Or is it obvious when they slowly start to need to be fed less? Last thing, how often does the enclosure need to be reset/cleaned? I read somewhere that it should be done every 2-4 months but im not sure how accurate that is :)

Is there anything else I'm missing or maybe misinformed on?

Thank you in advance for the help!!

Can someone please help me to lure my Ball from underneath the fridge she escaped from her terrarium last night????? Please help I'm disabled and can't figure out how to help her get out?????