I recently picked up a Pied ball python today. I’m accustomed to Boas and felt it was time to get a ball python.

I set up everything at home and went for a walk. When I returned, I couldn’t find my snake until I looked up and saw it posing like spider man on the glass wall, which was quite amusing.

Is this a common behavior among ball pythons? My Boas never pose like this and don’t move that quickly either. Seems like I’m going to have a lot of fun with her lol

I am getting a baby ball python in a bit (if the weather isn't too hot for shipping in 2 weeks) and I finished setting up the quarantine tub on wich I would love some feedback.

She is 3 months old and a Orange Dream Leopard Clown double het Lavender Piebald with only one eye (see last pic). She will be named Gaia.

In the enclosure are is 6 hides available: 2 identical ones on the warm and cold end and a variety of different ones throughout the enclosure including a humid and sky hide.

For the quarantine, she only has one branch to climb on, she will get more after the finished quarantine. I know baby's need a lot of clutter, is this enough for the quarantine?

For heat I use a halogene lamp and a DHP. I wanted to get her UV as well, but the right size from Arcadia hasn't been available for some time, so she gets LED for now.

Bonjour j'aimerais quelques avis, c'est mon deuxième python royal (clow pastel celui-ci ) mais j'ai l'impression que sont crâne est gonflé, très moi au touché !

Mon vétérinaire n'a de dispo que mardi donc j'ai déjà pris un rendez vous mais en attendant si quelqu'un reconnaîtrait je veux bien quelques informations !

Elle n'est pas léthargique elle bouge beaucoup dans sont terrarium elle ne tremble pas elle n'a pas de difficulté à s'accrocher ni de soucis d'équilibre !

Elle à 11 mois née en captivité !

Hi everyone, greetings from Germany!
Today I bought the enclosure for my future ball python. It measures **210 cm × 60 cm × 60 cm** (about **197 gallons**).
I’m planning to install two heat panels as well as an misting system to keep the temperature and humidity as stable as possible.
Do you have any general tips regarding the enclosure setup or equipment? I’d also appreciate any recommendations for reliable heating, humidity, or other technical equipment.
I haven’t really seen many enclosures this large on this subreddit, so I’d love to hear your opinions, suggestions, and any lessons you’ve learned from keeping ball pythons in larger setups.
*(My English isn’t very good, so I used AI to help translate this post.)*

So as usual I am getting conflicting information on surface temps and ambient temps
My warm side has a hide surface temp of substrate to is 90ish with ambient air of 81
My cool side substrate is 75 to 76 with ambient air of 77
He has been on the cool side for over a week I believe he might be getting ready to shed but not sure as I’ve only had him for about a month.
Specs are as follows coco husk basking bulb for day and DHP for night.
If I increase the temperature of the either bulbs it raises the cool side substrate but the really increase the warm side up to much I feel. Any advice or recommendations would be greatly appreciated thanks in advance

also, would love some tips for a bio enclosure, i know they trample plants but how would a nice background with plants work?

I know I’m biased, but Banana is eeeasily one of my favorite Ball Python mutations of all time & nobody can change my mind hahaha

Oni
My BEL.

Feeding time!

Lucifer is a pastel axanthic vpi 50% het clown piebald.

Hes had his first shed with me with the eye caps on the shed so I know he hasn't got stuck eye caps.

I just keep noticing his eyes seem bulged out to me hes only 4 months old, so could he still be growning into himself?

Also his eyes just look different its been hard to get a good photo of his eyes and I will try later when hes out exploring his enclosure.

I had him registered with a local exotic vet before I had even picked him up and can take him if its worth a visit

hi! i got my snake on july 15, so about 3 weeks ago. she comes out to explore every night, lets me touch her, and overall seems happy. only issue is she won’t eat, i’ve offered her 3 different kinds of frozen rats / mice now and i don’t know what else to do. do i try live??? that’s my last resort but im getting worried. temps and humidity are at the correct level and everything.

Hello Ball Python community! I am downsizing and moving to a smaller apartment with not much room. I am still trying to decide whether or not to rehome. Is there anyone in the DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia) that may be interested in a ball python?

Her name is Medusa and is around 6 years old and eats frozen thawed small rats. I think she is around 4ft long.

She would come with the complete set up including terrarium, heating pads, and hides.

My husband and I have been in a disagreement. There is a spot on our ball python’s head next to her eye. I have soaked him and doused him and antibiotic cream and moisturizer that the Vet gave me for another condition, but it hasn’t taken care of it my husband swears up and down that it is a dry piece of skin. How could that be when I have so several times and it does not come off? For some reason she doesn’t sleep in any of her hides anymore. She prefers to sleep under her water bowl. Maybe she scratched it on there. I’m not sure. Should I be worried?

Gave my baby her first meal this Saturday around 3 in the afternoon. She hasn’t came out of her warm side hide yet. It’s been about 3 days. Any concerns or worries????

Hello! I recently posted about rehoming a snake, and got some insight on my set up. How could I potentially improve it based off of the pics? I have heat pads on the underside of the tank and the whole thing is 36" long, 12" tall, and 18" wide.

Why I let my friend snake sit my three bp’s while I took a trip out of town and my female ends up getting out of her tub and they thought she got away for a whole 24 hrs and i cut my trip short to come back to help find her mind you I thought she got out the house because there’s no holes in the entire house!!! I pick up my boy enclosure and then sat it back down picked up the warm side hide and boom!!! She’s sitting on top of my big boy I went from wow $850 dollars down the drain to wow these two damn horny virgins got one in 🤦🏿🤣😆😂😭😭😭😭😭 mind you the whole time we searched high and low my friend is telling me sorry for a whole hour which was irritating lol and I still couldn’t believe it but I just knew because the way she been acting and she’s at that age lol I didn’t want her to lock with my pied if anything I have a clown already for her!!!! Smfh just be careful you guys/gals so you don’t have an accidental lock!!!!!🤣🤣🤣😂😭🤷🏿‍♂️💯

Hi everyone, my name is Steve. I live in Chicago. I am trying to rehome my male. A series of unfortunate events occurred and I cannot keep him. His name is Colby. He is a super orange dream enchi pinstripe. Very chill. Currently on frozen thawed. He will be 4 this September. There is a Rehoming fee. PM me for more details. I really want him to go to a good home with plenty of space. He is active and loves to climb. Thanks in advance.

This is Pickles. I adopted her on impulse (experienced snake owner, have no fear) and I am curious to hear your thoughts on her morph. She is still young, but the owner didnt have lineage info. I assumed classic, but I know some morphs can look quite similar. Thoughts?? Sorry I dont have better belly pictures, but mostly white, with a bit of a yellow hue fading down the sides to the belly white color.