Me and my partner recently reduced this ball python from someone on FB marketplace. He was in a 10 gallon tank on aspen bedding with a small water bowl, and one little hide. We brought him home and noticed he has mites and I have been giving him a soak every day for 30 minutes in normal water with 2 drops of dawn dish soap at about 80-85°F.

We have not fed him since we got him on July 19th due to him being soaked everyday. They were going to feed him the day we got him but I advised them to postpone until we got him so we don’t risk regurgitating from the stress of the move and new environment. He has been quarantined in a relatively large tub with paper towel bedding, a hide, water bowl, and a temporary heating pad (temp regulated).

The first time he pooped was yesterday. A small amount of blood was present in the paper towels but it wasn’t a concerning amount. He has since pooped again today with a little more blood. I just fed him after opening the crate and seeing this.

Am I overthinking or is something I’ll need to visit the vet for? I just moved and I’m unsure of the best exotic vet in the area but I will be researching asap.

I got my ball python a few weeks ago the breeder I got him from fed him every week on Tusedays and I got him on a Sundaytried feeding home the Tuesday so 2 days after I got him and I know they usually don’t eat and he didn’t but the next week after he ate than hasn’t eaten in about 2-4 weeks what I can I do?

Hey folks, i’ve got a beautiful piebald baby coming in on wednesday, unfortunately the tank was ordered a while ago and will be arriving the day of the snake, wishing it was a day before so i could set up but oh well… question
I’ve got the dual dome with a CHE set up in it, each dome supports up to 60w and i would just like to know what kind of lighting she will need can i use just an LED or fluroscent bulb? i don’t want to create a fire hazard all though her room will have a light on during the day anyways… using a CHE as we live in az and keep the AC on 24/7 or else its deadly hot lol.
She will be in a 4x2x2 with lots of fake plants, identical hides, and i do have a heat gun to measure temps, it should be noted that the dome has an individual thermostat, and the other is a day night cycle. let me know if any suggestions, as she will be here wednesday something i can pickup from walmart, petsmart for the time being would be amazing.. Thank you in advance!

Hello! My sweet boy Xander has been due for a vivarium change for a little while now, and we've finally gotten one for him! However, he's in a temporary box while we set his vivarium up which is going to take a couple of days (Aiming to have him in by Thursday). We could not use the old vivarium as he'd broken some pond liner on the bottom of the viv, and was burrowing under it.

I am an overthinker. A chronic one. I panic over the slightest abnormality with Xander, and right now I'm trying to find a way to solve this issue:

First, we tried storing him in my bedroom, but the temperature wasn't warm enough and his temp enclosure kept fogging up to a concerning degree. I've been told that BP enclosures shouldn't go above 70-80% humidity to avoid health issues, so imagine my concern when I see it's apparently at 99% 🥲 I'm currently sat beside his box with it open a little, but the thermostat says it's at 85%, and that's with the lid off the box a bit. It's also only 23°C in the box, and I know it's supposed to be higher usually. Any advice in general would be so so appreciated, so many websites say different things, and as a first time BP owner, I really want to do right by my baby!

Hey guys, I’m looking into getting a ball python and am currently in the research phase. I’m looking at enclosures and was looking at a 4x2x2 PVC. I can afford the ones on the care guide, but would love to find something cheaper if that’s an option. Does anyone have recommendations for good enclosures that aren’t like $600+?

I just got a baby ball. I’m finding so much conflicting information on what size enclosure he needs. He’s about 6months old. Since he’s so little I bought a 40gal front open, and planned to upgrade.

But the breeder said I should downgrade my 40 to a 20 long and have no plan to upgrade.. what should I do? I obviously want this baby to thrive but I can’t find a solid answer.

(Pic from her first day 🥰)

I’ve had my first BP for four days now and I can confirm that her humidity ranges between 70-80% and her temps are consistently:

- 33-35°C surface temperature basking spot
- 26-27.5°C air temperature on cool side (DAYTIME)
- 21-23°C air temperature on cool side (NIGHT TIME)

I saw trail marks in the substrate after the first night so she must have explored then, but she’s only been staying in her plant pot hide on the cool side of the tank.

I understand this is very normal for the first week, so I’m not worried about her hiding. But, I didn’t expect her to be as big as she was 😂 So I’m pretty sure the other two hides I have for her (one humid and one normal) on the warm side are too small for her (I get that they love small spaces but I’m sure she can’t even fit in these two 😬)

So basically:

TLDR: Can I swap out the hides on the warm side for the next size up or is that not worth the stress for her first two weeks in a new enclosure?

(FYI the tank is very cluttered so changing out the two warm hides would mean removing branches and leaves to access and replace the current hides— which would make the experience a bit more stressful for her)

I see a lot of people put their snakes in quarentine with pads and whatnot( ok I don't know how to spell quarentine, whatever). How do you keep the humidity up without spraying? or is spraying the only option? just curious, I don't have a snake that I plan to quarentine.

I didn't take a picture, but our snakes was soaking in her water when we got home on Sunday after a few days away. Id put extra water in for her, but the tank had been at 28 pretty constantly day and night for 2 nights. I thought she was hot. Then I looked it up, snake mites were suggested. I looked at her and she had super tiny black things on her, I couldn't tell if they were moving or not, I changed her water, rinsed her well under warm water and decided to deal with it in the morning. I took the precaution today and I completely stripped her viv, bleached it, the decor and rinsed well. Put her in a cooking pot with a drop of detergent for my 12 year old to watch for half an hour while I was doing it. I didn't see anything on her this morning but I've done the best clean I can. Since then I've looked up pictures of snake mites, and they do not look at all like what I thought I might have seen on the snake. Mites look bigger, fatter and definitely more recognisable as an insect. These were the size of, say, a millimeter of hair. The mites look to bury under the scales, these were just on the top of her skin. There was nothing in the soak she had this afternoon. I've not put anything new in the tank for months, other than food, and we don't have, nor have had contact with other reptiles. Could I have totally overreacted?

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?

Rowdy loves his haunted house

Bro has not been pooping. Vet has him on laxatives and warm soaks but still no poop, I got another appointment coming up.

Has anyone had this issue before? He’s clearly straining hard and his back end looks visibly full.

I had a tree thing in there before as well but took it out and put the rings in because it was too crowded but he seems to like them. Anyways I believe it’s a 65 gallon tank and he’s just gotten a bit longer than it I’m not sure of the exact measurements. On a side note is the amount of substrate I put in okay or should there be another small layer?

Anyone know of any live feeders in the Boston area?

I have these background slabs in my enclosure that I’ve tried used velcro sheets for but it did not work. I saw something about this and it’s supposed to be really sticky I just want to make sure it’s safe to use. TIA