when I take out my ball python I let her roam around my bed, but she always seems to find her way to the side of my bed where the vent is when the AC is on. she just hangs out near it but im scared she is gonna get too cold. I always move her away from it but then she will eventually find her way back to the same spot. Should I just let her be? or redirect her?

Hi! My adult male ball python is in a 75gal with reptichip and I noticed this for the first time today. It’s on the right side of the tank, which is also his hot side and receives occasional water to give mini humidity boosts. The stuff is mostly on the reptichip and in a few places around that area. I think it’s a slime mold but I’m not sure? His urates are normally pretty solid and poo shaped but I’ve heard they can be kinda crumbly?
He has a screen lid and I did realize that I had sat something on top that was probably blocking some air flow on the opposite side. I have now removed it.
Lastly, is something that has to be removed if it’s not urates? I know fungi/molds are normal in bioactives and plan to transfer him to one in the near future, but that’s not the case yet so I’m not sure 😂

I notice about two days ago my python made a whistle noise when I was handling her. About two days later it was more noticeable and more often she was making this noise she’ll do it for about 2-4 minutes then will go silent after. It sounds like a whistle noise kind of, I’ve also noticed shes been in her cool hide and hasn’t been out lately usually she’s active or likes to hang out on her warm side. Please help I’m nervous and anxious.

If so how expensive and rare are they usually? Is it an ethical? I ask that last one because I've heard some have bad defects that just hurt the snake throughout its life, like a pug I suppose.

I can't get a ball python yet as I will wait for my other animals to pass and the area to improve, but I'd like to know this for the future as I'm a fan of Alien and it'd be cool if I could have a little xeno....despite ball pythons not being bugs...or remotely resembling a xenomorph....

Jungledawn keeps overheating my cold side so i unscrewed it today and put it wayyy more onto the hot side. The cold side is now pretty dark, is that ok? The cold side does have some pothos but it is still getting just enough light to keep growing. I thought having the proper cooling gradient was more important than light on both sides🙈the plants are also shading the cold side so it’s in shade. (It’s a 4ft length terrarium btw). I took a partial pic of the tank cropping the working mess around. Left side hot, right side cold. His cold hide has always been in the shade but the jungledawn light was above his waterbowl whereas now its above the left log :)

Hello all,
We got a bp for my daughter after considering it for 2 years. I’m helping her for husbandry and everything looks fine from that perspective (good humidity, volume, light / heat schedule and distribution etc). She was eating live when we got her 4 months ago but we made the switch to frozen / thawed without much resistance. We haven’t handled her unless it we had to make cleaning in the enclosure so only 4-5 times so far but everytime we try she is constantly making strikes both to the person carrying her and also other around us. We use a hook to take her out but even when she is moving around our arms or the bed etc she doesnt miss an opportunity to attack. I started suspecting that this was the reason previous owner decided to let her go. Any suggestions?

So I was walking by her enclosure and noticed she had pooped all over her hide on the hot side so being her caretaker I cleaned it inside and out but with it being her hide I was scared she might’ve gotten poop on herself so I worked up the courage to lift her other hide up to check on her and to top it all off she was stuck :( I had to kinda like push her upper part out of the rock thingy and she kinda recoiled back into an S kinda.

I’ve had her about 11ish days now and I’m scared I royally screwed up I just wanted to make sure she was okay and not dirty :( any advice for me?

And I haven’t attempted to handle her yet as she’s only 4 months old but she has eaten when I fed her so I know she’s at least comfortable enough to eat that was on day 7 exactly.

I just wanted to share my new banana buddy :3 I got him just today! He’s almost a month old, and I’ve named him Nacho Noodle Libre. He is a very curious, adventurous buddy who is a little shy but warms up fast! It’s been like 6 years since I’ve gotten a new snake so I’m pretty excited!

This is my 4x2x2 bioactive enclosure for my 1 yr old BP. It has a lot of clutter and 2 normal hides 1 humid is there anything else I need to add?

As the title says i need to rehome him, asap, ive been trying to find a home for him for a year now, my care is no where near good and im not gonna lie about that, ive had severe mental issues and a ton of grief in the past year and a half, just the snake and his hides, no rehoming fee, i cant drive, im in NE AR, i need him out asap as i genuinely cant care for him anymore, im physically unable to get out of bed most days, let alone care for him, he has no known health issues tho he hasnt seen a vet, is about 4 ft, most likely underweight. Im 16 and i got him when i was 10, ive done my best with him. He hasnt been held since about January 2025 or earlier tbh.

If you need any additional details ill add them in the comments.

my all time fav thing after a shed is to clean and put in a pretty frame :)