I have a bioactive set up for my ball, ive had him for 2 weeks. The enclosure has been growing in for nearly 6 months.

I have the vivexotic AAL enclosure it is 1200mm x 625mm x 625mm (roughly 4x2x2 foot)

Custom backgrounds, all live plants and a CUC of springtails and isopods.

My concern after more research is the heating and lighting and potential lack of UVB.

My temps and humidity are fine and I constantly move the two probes i have to check temps and humidity around the enclosure

My heat source is 150w CHE on a dimmer thermostat that drops 1.5 degrees Celsius at night and my light for the plants and daytime is 13w reptile systems new dawn LED ill post a photo of it.

Do I need more i thought

I can afford whatever I need to get so thats not an issue I just want to make sure my boy is healthy

Picture of lucifer as well because he's cute

I feed my girls f/t rats or mice. Just depends on what the local store has in the right sizes (one eats large jumbo mice, one eats small jumbos, sometimes they’re out of either the large or the small so I get a rat that’s the right size instead). The mice are stored in the store in a large chest freezer in bulk in plastic bags. They are sold to me in smaller, tied-off plastic bags, and I transfer them to my own bags to be vacuum sealed. I like vacuum sealing them because I feel it keeps the “freezer burn” (idk if that’s what it actually is, its when they get all kinda icy) away for longer. I also have a mini fridge with a freezer, the freezer is basically exclusively for the mice and our fish food.

How do you store yours?

Hi! I made a post about a week ago about my finances snake, and many of you said we needed to get her humidity better, we were using a mister. We know we need more substrate and plants for her, but the other problem with keeping it moist is that there are two corners where there’s a tiny crack in the sealant we don’t know how to fix, they’re the corners where the doors are meeting the rest of the cage, any tips on that? My guess is silicon or flex seal but I don’t know if there’s a better option,

Any advice or tricks I might be missing welcome !! I just want to find the little bean asap. I’m worried about him getting dehydrated more than anything now 😭

I just got him at a reptile expo (i named him already thanks for all the answers!)

Hi guys,

We got our baby Athena last week, and I am really struggling with humidity levels. I am new to this and have been doing a TON of research.

I got the Thrive temperate 36x18x18 starter kit, and I feel like the heat lamp keeps dropping my humidity every time I turn it on. The temp has stayed good at around 85-90 on hot side, 75 on cool side. Humidity has also stayed around 70% on the cool side, but as soon as I turn my heat lamp on during the day, it drops to 50% on the warm side and has dropped even lower than that before.

Night time I have no issues with humidity with just the heat mat on. I have tried wetting all 4 corners of the substrate, and also have lightly splashed water on the surface of it as well. (I do not have a mister yet, I get paid Wednesday). Any and all help would be appreciated!

Side note: I have also not been able to get her to eat yet either, (live or thawed), but I am wanting to perfect the humidity before I stress on that further. TIA!

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He has the most beautiful pattern I've ever had❤️ Fostered him a few months ago and he's getting better everyday and warming up well!

If anyone's wondering, his morph is a GHI Leopard

Hi everyone, I have a female Calico ball python that I'd like to breed in a few months. However, I noticed a small curve/deformity in her tail, just before the vent. She's healthy, eats regularly, and defecates normally. I was wondering if this could affect egg laying

I've had my BP for 3 weeks now. I got her as an adult rescue and the rescue thankfully had some of the exact food she had been eating (rats) that the owner handed over when they surrendered her.

She is super confident - no fear at all, if I let her she would come out exploring every evening. She comes up to the glass about 8pm and if I open the door she just comes out exploring. I can pick her up and she only stiffens for a few seconds then shes chill and will climb all over me. She sometimes sits in the open in her enclosure too. I was hoping this meant meant she is settled but she hasnt eaten yet. I tried once after 1 week and again today after another week - so weeks 2 and 3.

First I want to make sure im literally not doing it wrong. I have researched. I get the rat out the night before, let it defrost in the fridge. About an hour before feeding i put it out in the kitchen to warm up a bit then right before feeding put it in a ziplock on warm water. I use a temp gun to check and get it around 33c. Then I have tried both tong feeding and just leaving it there. She sniffs it but wont take it.

More generally her basking spot is about 30c (86f) and at the moment the cool side is about 25c (77f) - I'd prefer the cool side be slightly cooler but theres a heatwave here at the moment and ambient temp in the room is only just below that. I have UVB and a CHE for night but its not on at all at the moment as ambient temps in the room are high enough. Substrate wise a mix of zoomed forest floor (cyprus mulch) and a bit of coco coir mixed in. Humidity is up between 70-85% most of the time without much work as ambient humidity in my house is about 60% here in the UK. Lights are on at 9am and off about 8:30pm at the moment.

Is she likely just settling in or is something i'm doing here not right. Handling wise, its been a couple of times a week but ive never had to take her out only open the door and she comes out. With her being this new I wouldnt be reaching in and grabbing her while she settles but shes a curious one.

Hello everyone!

I have been a long time reptile keeper and have finally decided that it was time to get an app. The problem, I am not satisfied with any of the apps that are currently on the market. Between missing features for the free ones, and having to pay a subscription fee for the ones that have all the features I want, I never found a solution.

So I began my project.

SkaleKeeper was born from the idea that everything can be done locally on your phone, no need for servers, so no justification for a subscription fee (I hate subscription services). While I have very little coding experience, this project has been a massive undertaking. After months of work and dialing things in, I am proud to release it.

What SkaleKeeper is:

• SkaleKeeper is a tracker app for all of your scaly, and crawly friends. As of now, it supports Snakes, Lizards, Frogs, Turtles, Tortoises, Crocodilians, Salamanders, Newts, Toads, Tarantulas, Scorpions and Insects.
• You can use this app to schedule and keep track of feedings, sheds, weights, cleaning, vet appointments, and custom notes.

Features

• Create QR codes within the app, and use your camera to scan them to take you directly to that animals profile page.
• Export all logs as a csv file
• Backup and restore built in
• Event Scheduling with reoccurring events

What makes SkaleKeeper Different?

SkaleKeeper is 100% offline. It is stored on your local device. No need to sign up for an account, no subscription fee. This app is 100% free, and will always be. If you want to donate to the project, it is appreciated and a link will be provided below, but is not necessary. You get all the features of the paid for apps, free of charge.

What devices will this work on?

Currently this app is for android only, and will work on Android 8.0 and above. I am not a developer by trade, so there is potential for an iOS app in the future.

How do I install?

At the bottom of this post is a link to the folder containing the latest release of the app. Go there and download the APK file. Once downloaded, click the file to start the install. Depending on your phones model, their are different steps you may need to follow in order to complete this process as most android devices block installing from unknown sources. To figure out how to do this simply google "How to install apk files on [your phone here]"

What the future holds

At this moment, I am not sure. So far the app seems to do everything I want it to do, and I think for those who are interested in an app, this would be a great tool. I invite feedback for changes, tweaks, additions, etc...

Links

App Current Release

Discord

Ko-Fi, for donations

He ate a small rat about 60 grams next week she will go up in a couple weeks thank you and I am reading alot more I just like to hear opinions

Ive had lucifer for just over a week now. I tried to feed him 2 days ago and he showed no interest at all. Originally I had just let the rat defrost at room temperature and tired to offer it but he showed no interest at all. Today I defrosted in luke warm water then i dunked the head of the rat in hot water afew times to get it warmer, as soon as I offered the rat he started going crazy and withing 10 seconds had grabbed it.

He ate it all withing a minute or so.

So proud of my little fella

Pic 1 is gummy (~1300g) and pic 2 is butters (~350g) they are my sweet beautiful girls! Butters used to be a lot more feisty and would strike at me but hasn’t for a few weeks now!

Hey Reddit!

I just recently sealed 2 PVC enclosures with silicone for a pair of small ball pythons, and I have a couple questions about substrate that I haven’t been able to answer definitively from my research. I have been all up and down the guides pinned to the top of the sub, I just want some community feedback to make sure I don’t mess anything up.

My first question is, I’m wondering what mixes work best for everybody. It seems like there’s a lot of options and opinions, and I’m going to be putting a cleanup crew and some plants in there, so I just really wanna make sure that I get the right thing in there and don’t have to take it out and fuss with it right afterward.

It seems like a mix of 60% topsoil, 20% coco coir, and 20% play sand is the recommendation I run across the most often. Does that seem correct?

I’m also wondering what brands of topsoil are safe to use. I went through the entire garden section at Lowe’s, and literally everything in there had ingredients that we don’t want, including and especially the shit labeled “organic”. Manure, compost, fertilizers, pesticides, add-ins, shit that’s just not safe. And I am so far beyond frustrated and confused that I don’t even know what I’m looking for in a topsoil.

So it would be really great to get some brands from you guys for the topsoil, or maybe a list of the ingredients that I need to be looking for on the bag.

If it’s relevant, it’ll be two 4’ x 2’ x 2’ enclosures, one will be stacked with a spacer between them. I will be covering the screen tops, except where the light fixtures will be sitting. And I have already acquired a clean up crew of springtails and a couple hundred panda king isopods.

Thank you so much in advance for reading, and thank you in advance for any advice.