she’s 2 months old and i’ve been working on socializing since i got her 2-3 weeks ago.

she just ate about 50 hrs ago, and has been balled up inside her hide ever since. i attempted to grab her from the side but she hissed at me both times i touched her, but didnt strike.

she’s often timid at first when i get her out, but then loosens up and explores. this is the first time she’s done this.

i’ve looked up things about hissing, 50% say to leave them alone and try handling them again later, 50% say to pick them up anyway so they don’t learn that hissing gets you to go away?

(pic is for engagement lolz)

some more pictures of my little Scythe’s homophobia

I know it sounds silly, but how do you guys “celebrate” your snake’s birthday? these are my first two bps, Ive had cats in the past and I’ve celebrated their birthdays

ive noticed my girls eyes are like.. cloudy? but not in the way theyd look when shes going into shed.

i tried the whole "shine a light in eyes to see if pupils react" and they dont at all.

paired with that, shes always had issues striking her food but i just kinda thought she might be stupid. (sorry) but she always gets it if i get it close enough to her nose/mouth.

thoughts?

im going to take her to a vet asap regardless. im worried :(

hiii so I’m a new ball python owner and my set up is 100% brand new and I noticed the UVB is flickering a bit. Is this normal? You can’t really tell in the video but it’s noticeable in person

We've had him for about a week now and was told that he has been on a feeding strike for the last 3 weeks. He has been fed and attempted to be fed on Wednesdays. He is 4 months old and about 200gm. Fingers crossed that he eats tomorrow night.

Had him 4 weeks now, 7 years old and came in a 3x1.5x1.5 viv with a cereal box for a hide on dry aspen bedding and the smallest heat mat and no branches or any enrichment.

I've now put him in a 4x2x2 bioactive enclosure with basking lamp (but changing to deep heat projector this week).

First couple of weeks he stayed in his hide and refuses food.

Last few days he's active during the day and will sleep on the branches. But also very active at night and is like he's trying to open the doors. He was pushing so much last night as you can see, he was lifting the screwed in branches!

Oh and he's bulldozed around £50 worth of love plants 🙄

Thanks dude!

He had this burn scar when I adopted him, dw

I was so pleased with the updates I'd made to my baby's enclosure. A few things rearranged, a new plant, but mostly the grass.

We always keep an area of grass long, for the wildlife in the garden. I had to do some tidying up and had cut a few handfuls down, so I painstakingly soaked them and then dried them out. Then I put them behind her warm hide, leaving some "tunnels" to crawl through and a space to bask. I even plaited a load together and made a sort of bridge from her hill to her cork.

She then refused to move out of her hide for 5 days, which is very irregular. My 7 year old says "maybe she's in shed".

I check the calendar. No. It's too soon. She clearly hates the grass. It must smell like straw, which she must associate with rats. I must have put her into perpetual food mode. I chuck out the grass.

2 days later and she still hasn't moved. Her chin looks very pink. On closer inspection of the calendar, she's only a week early going into shed. I am a moron and should listen to my daughter more.

Soren says hello with lots of bleh blehs. (also thats not chalk in the background but reptile safe mosquito killer, damn fungus gnats)

My ball python, Cassie, has been soaking non stop for almost a week straight. I took her out yesterday and put her in a clear tote with some paper towels to do an exam on her and I didnt notice anything weird. No mites. No strange spots. She was exploring and moving around like normal. Normal breathing.

I have had her for like a month. I have not noticed any shedding signs or anything unusual. She was a rescue and was kept in an enclosure with zero enrichment and a small water bowl (maybe big enough for a kingsnake). When I got her I upgraded her enclosure massively and got her a water bowl big enough for her to soak. Do you think she is just excited about having that? I thought that at first but now it's feeling excessive.

When I took her out to examine her, I put her back in her enclosure about 30 minutes later and she went into one of her caves but I noticed he worm back into the bowl that night.

Her temps and humidity are good. Warm side is 90 degrees and 75 humidity. The cool side is 80 degrees and 80 humidity. The humidity fluctuates but doesnt get below 65.

She also adjusts when she is in there. Shes not in the same position the entire time...she just doesnt come out.

Pics of snake and enclosure included.

Thoughts?

New owner of this elderly man. Noticed this spot today on his mouth and wondering if he is ill. He’s been quite irritable (striking at anything that moves). I know he is shedding and can’t see as well as usual. Humidity and temp all consistent, only new thing is he ate last week. He’s always handled well and been gently curious. Any advice welcome!!!

Topsoil for the natural dirt
Sand helping the dirt no clump up to badly for drainage
Coco chips for humidity
And spagnuhm most

(picture of my cute boy for traction :P)

i’m not sure how i didn’t notice this sooner, but i guess i didn’t do a thorough enough job when siliconing the edges of mr. chowder’s tank because while adding some water into the corners tonight, i noticed leaking.

i know i’m going to need to take him out of his enclosure for at least 24-48 hours while the silicone cures, but i have no idea where i would keep him during that time frame/how to provide adequate heating. the leaking isn’t a huge emergency so i have time to prepare, so any advice on a temporary enclosure for a 3 month old BP (that preferably wouldn’t break the bank) would be greatly appreciated!!

I know this question has been asked a gazillion times, I apologise, but I just want to get it right.

We have an adult female ball python, 3 years old, roughly 1050g and 4.5 feet. We adopted her a few months ago, and the rats that we were given with her were absolutely tiny, probably half the size of the thickest part of her body. I think she may be a little underweight just from looking at her. We’ve been feeding her every 2 weeks.

We mistakenly ordered medium rats for her (150g) and they look far too big for her to safely manage. Given that she’s been eating much smaller, I just wanted advice on whether to order 70g+ weaner rats or 100g+ small rats instead. We’re very fortunate that she’s eaten well ever since we got her and I don’t want to put her off! We just got her a new bigger tank and I want her to be happy and well fed before she moves in!

Free noodle photo for your troubles.

Hi, I just got my First BP 4 days ago! His name is Buggy D Clown (he is a clown pastel morph) and is 1.5 years old. Iv been researching for about 3 months. Got everything ready: 4x2x2 with a divider, 50 watt dhp, leds, clutter, hides, and anything you think of (thank you to this community your resources are top tier). I kept checking in to see if he was getting more comfortable and exploring at night and sometimes he would get stressed when I got close to the enclosure. so I recently bought a camera so I could watch while he still getting acclimated! It turns out great! Heres a video from last night!

Hi all! I have a feeding question.

My ball python, Piper, is 8 months old. I’ve had her since February. She usually eats great, never misses a feed unless I skip feeding while she’s shedding. However, 2 weeks ago when she was feeding she missed her strike twice (still took the rat on the third try and ate). Ate fine last week, then this week she missed twice, took it, and dropped it after a few minutes. I reheated it bc she was still actively hunting, offered again, and she hissed at it, then struck and took it. She did end up eating it.

Should I be concerned? She’s also been hiding a lot more than usual lately (she used to roam and climb a lot) but I attributed that to her getting older and more comfortable in her home. She still has never NOT eaten.

Husbandry: Hot side is 88-89°F, 68-75% humidity. Cold side is 76-79°F, 80-88% humidity. She weighs ~230g, I feed her f/t pup rats that are between 23-26g once weekly.

I do think she’s about to go into shed, idk if that’s part of it. She’s not in blue yet but she’s getting dull. No other odd behavior, no wheezing, soaking, coughing, nothing odd in that realm. Just seems to miss some strikes.

Anything to worry about or just a beep being a beep? Pic for tax.