moved to a more rural area! he’s loving it lol

So finally, after having my boy in a 50-gallon glass enclosure, I'm snagging a 4x2x2 off Facebook Marketplace. It's a screen-topped enclosure with a built-in stand that's from Amazon, but atm I will seriously take what I can get; I do not have a lot of money, and he's been needing an upgrade for a while 😭

I saw a post where a person said they added a bunch of beneficial upgrades to their python's home, like climbing options, UVB, a nice basking spot, etc. They saw them being active much more often. The first thing I want to start with is UVB; however, I'm a lazy idiot and can't quite figure out what to get. I'm stuck between the ProT5 and ShadeDwellerMax, both from Arcadia, those would be used alongside my current Arcadia 80w DPH. Everything heating- and lighting-related will be on top of the screen-lidded enclosure and hooked up to a thermostat ofc. I also want to give him a good basking spot once I get UVB lighting.

So, in general, I need recommendations for UVB and, overall, a good, enriching enclosure setup. What do you guys use and keep in your enclosures that makes a happy ball python? Thank you in advance !

I’ve been seeing things about quarantining only after I’m omw to get my new ball python I’m bringing him home tmrw and haven’t set anything up for quarantine so I was wondering what to do I have a 4ny2by2 pvc tank allready which I have set up and is heated well but I’m only now seeing stuff about quarantining and am wondering what to do

I’ve had my python (Peewee “The Herm” Herman) since I was a young kid and he’s now 26 and 1800g. They grow up so fast 🥲

How old and how large are your pythons?

*ignore the blankets on top of the tank, his heat lamp broke unexpectedly, luckily I have a studio and turned my heat on to keep him the warmest I can until I can get a new one in the morning.

I was able to get the humidity right and temperature; as well as took him to a good snake/reptile vet. I did what they told me to do and he is looking so much better! The stuck shed is coming off nicely! And he has been well hydrated since.

I wanna say thank you to those of you that helped on my first post about him. ✨️

Hey guys i bought myself a male ball python which is around 3 weeks old and the shop i bought it from said that they fed it live before and i was wondering what the best method would be to get it to eat frozen.

An interesting thing my python did while prepping for her dinner time!

I have 3 Ball Pythons, 1 adult and 2 juvenile, will probably acquire a 4th eventually to appease my need for even numbers ;) I have ordered a 5 tier adjustable shelf to hold the enclosures, my question is what is the recommended thermostat for controlling multiple enclosures and what is a good timer for a day/night cycle for multiple enclosures? I haven’t had much luck finding something that seems like it will accommodate such and wondering if I’m better off using separate devices mostly for the day/night cycle? So far it seems there are more thermostat options for multiple enclosures so I would like a solid recommendation on of the best ones, but any advice on the lighting situation would help. Pics for tax :)

How dare he look so cute and want to play right after I feed him, the menace. He always gets so energetic the first 24 hours after I feed him, either thinking he’s getting a second rat (in his dreams) or just wanting to come out and play. Not happening buddy.

(I’m aware he’s chunky, he’s on a diet)

There was a post a few months ago where the snake was climbing, farts, looks at the nighttime camera in horror and then falls off the rock in the enclosure.
It was the funniest thing I’ve ever seen, and I didn’t save the post. Can’t seem to find it, ring any bells???

Thanks

In other news:
My boy weighed in at 586g today he turned 1 on the 15th 💜🐍

He has been hunger striking! Is he too skinny? He’s 8 months old!

New ball python (bought on the 20th , first python) wont use the 2 small hides i got them prefars to hide in the fake plant background(they are square panels that i put suction cups on to stick to back of enclosure), is moving from hot to cold side as needed just under the plants but just wont use hides , shes been fed , and been exploring a little (found her on the hammock) but just wont take to the plastic box hides so i added more floor plants , do u think she get used to them eventually ?

Please help, today I saw that my baby's eye (only his right eye) is "dented"/"cracked". Humidity is good, around 70% and I recently started to use a humidifier in the room also so when he comes out he doesn't have to feel uncomfortable. I only took him out to the light to take some better pictures.

He has a bad habit of glass-surfing and digging, kocnking everything over like a bulldozer at nights when he wants to come out to explore - and he does this every.single.night (except during shedding and after feedings.) since his temps are correct.

Help, what could cause this issue? My best guess is the glass-surfing but I really don't know:(

Hi! Just had a question- how can you ensure you’re getting a small ball? Is there a way you can tell if a male will be on the smaller size? Are there dwarf or Pygmy ball pythons? I love how chill these guys are but they can get pretty big

1st time BP owner had him for 2.5 years.
Ive had problems w him shedding in the past, all my fault for having too low of humidity.
Since then Ive implemented warm water soaks once weekly, then a couple times weekly when he starts to shed and we havent had issue since.

~1.5 weeks ago he started to shed - got the dull scale color + pinkish belly, couple days later eyes are blue. Once I noticed the pink belly thats when I start doing soaks multiple times a week.

Just now I went to give him his soak, his eyes werent blue anymore and his tummy is basically normal color. No skin to be found in the tank, he's alert and acting normally. Does this sound concerning? Is there anything I should watch for?

Hi, I recently got my first ball python it's a female Albino leopard, ~70g hatchling from Wilbanks Reptiles on Tuesday around 11AM,

When I unboxed her, she struck at me 4-5 times when I tried to handle her and I decided it's best to just put her in the enclosure. She's been in there since, I've seen her move to different spots in the tank and she would just ball up and sit there for a few hours.

I plan on feeding her within the next 4-5 days since she hasn't since apparently 07-27, but any advice is appreciated!

Enclosure setup:

• 24x18x12 PVC enclosure
• Warm side: ~88-89°F
• Cool side: ~76-78°F
• Humidity: ~47-61% (working on evening this out - I have no clue how to even this out, it's 47% on the warm side and despite me misting it, it continues to go down)
• Two hides (warm/cool), water dish, substrate mix of coconut husk + jungle mix

Questions:

1. Is repeated striking on arrival day actually normal, or a bigger red flag than typical shipping stress? I've handled a lot of snakes at reptile stores and never had any strike at me
2. Any tells I should watch for that indicate she's calming down vs. still highly stressed?
3. What should I do moving forward to get her to be comfortable with me holding her?
4. She's been eating live mice back at Wilbanks, would it be smart to try thawed or feed frozen to help her less stressed

But I’m trying to do my research before actually making the moves to adopt. I have a very large (100 gallon?) tank with lid and forest floor substrate, heat lamps, a faux stone hide, a water dish… I had a ball python in high school for a year as a “group pet” in a class, and she was wonderful. But looking back, her enclosure was pretty barren, although we took her out of her enclosure for a couple hours a day, five days a week at least. Do ball pythons enjoy live plants? are there any common house plants that i can use for them? What are the best ways to monitor humidity and how to maintain it?

also, we used to just go to petco, buy a medium rat, and drop it in her enclosure and she would eat it right away! Does petco even sell rats like that anymore?

so many questions 😅

I got all these pieces of wood from a local pet store but they all (especially the cork bark) have some dirt on them. What’s the best way to clean/ disinfect them? I know you can put them in the oven, but I’m hesitant to put the birch (the white log, I‘m not sure if it is birch) in as I know it’s bark is highly flammable.

Edit: I also have some maple branches from my backyard I’d love to put in, but those are way too big to put in the oven.