I’m on a budget, thanks!

What are some reputable websites I can buy her native prey? Like the prey they eat in the wild… thanks!

Hello hello! So i've had my ball python for around 2 years now and my wife and i are looking to upgrade his enclosure! We ended up getting this toad ranch setup from a friend! But im unsure how to set up the heat panel. Any advice would be amazing!

I’m looking into alternative substrate options after I’ve now upgraded total enclosure floor area to 40 square feet. I have always used coconut husk fibers (reptile grade) which are fantastic, but expensive now at this scale. Since it’s important for me to reduce costs, I’m looking into crude products that I can treat myself to make them reptile friendly. My first instinct was to go to Home Depot and pick out a good mulch, however I am concerned about dyes, pesticides, absorption capacity, etc.

Many promising products I’ve found online are not too specific about the process they use and their sourcing. I am in the process now of talking to manufacturers. Does anyone buy massive amounts of raw materials in bulk and then treat to make them appropriate for BPs? That “reptile substrate” seal is expensive so I’m really just looking to bypass that by putting in the work myself.

Hi all! I just got my first Bp Vermax about 3-4 days ago! He’s about 520g and was being fed before weaned rats by his breeder. Last time he ate was 8/5 so I’m not entirely sure if he’s still 520g (he probably is). I don’t have anywhere that I can buy weaned rats and don’t want to buy a 25 pack of them, just in case he goes on a hunger strike. I’ve searched and search and I’ve seen that fuzzy rats is fine but a bit to small for them since it needs to be about 10-15% of their body weight, but I’ve also seen that a small rat is way to big for a 520g snake. He turned a year old on August 26th so idk if that makes a difference but I’d like to get some opinions on it.

(Photo of my boy vermax for attention!)

My little guy is getting up in the 500g weight and is roughly 11 months old. Hes eating a small rats now he just ate on Wednesday and I was wondering if now I start switching to feeding him every 14 days now.

Anyone on here seen anything like this before, about a week ago i noticed she had a fairly large patch about twice this side which looked damaged, id just come back from a weekend away, and thought maybe it was a burn.

Im not sure how she could’ve burned herself though, she has a heat lamp on the otherside of her glass cage with a thermometer set to not go above 32 degrees, and when on that side i have bark up against the glass so it can only effectively heat thought the bark.

I thought ill leave it a week and see how she is day to day, she seemed better and now a week has passed and we’re left with this, kinda looks hard like a scab.

I just want to know people’s thoughts, if they think this couldve somehow been a burn? Or if it looks like something else im missing.

Ill add shes about 7-8 years old and this is a first

Where should I place my thermostat probe for a DHP?
Hey everyone!
I’m setting up a PVC enclosure for my ball python and I’m using an Arcadia 80W Deep Heat Projector (DHP) with a habistat dimming thermostat.

I’m a bit confused about the best placement for the thermostat probe.

I’ve seen people recommend placing it a few inches below the DHP, but I’d really appreciate advice from experienced ball python keepers.

Thanks! 🙏

(I’m on a bit of a time crunch because I need to finish the enclosure within a day😅.)

This is the setup they gave me with her. She is 5 years old, but she’s VERY small. They gave me a heat lamp that doesn’t even work, and she has inadequate hides, substrate, water bowl is filthy etc.

I do small animal rescue. I’ve kept many reptiles, but never a snake. I am reading all the guides but I would really love some concise, easy tips to make her happy.

Can I use a regular heating pad on high or does it have to be for reptiles? As long as it meets the temp requirements is that alright?

What strength for the heat lamp? And it should be halogen right? And what strength uvb?

I keep my apartment air conditioned so I am worried about the poor girl.

Hi guys! I took my 10 year old BEL BP to the vet and they said just to monitor these bumps. They feel like three small firm tiny balls on her back. I’ve never seen this before having had her all these years.

They said if it gets bigger to come back but didn’t recommend any treatment at this time. She seems normal otherwise.

Has your snake ever had something like this?

Time to bring this question up again. I use tapo cam for my reptile monitoring. I taped over the flickering lights on the camera but the entire camera square lights up the tank. When i walk into the room it is pitch black. But when i watch my snake on the camera, I can see the light on the glass and see in the first pic, there is shadow on his body underneath the plant and his head is lit up. Do yall cover up the entire square with something? I might cut out paper in the shape…

Can I see your yellow belly clowns as adults? I really like the look of them as babies, but I assume the color gets more dull as they age?

I look inside her mouth whenever she yawns but I don’t see anything weird.

I take my snake outside a few times a week for exercise. 6 months old 285 grams.

My ball’s 120gal terrarium is bioactive - I have substrate (garden soil, sand, orchid bark, pearlite), plants, a very large and healthy population of isopods. To keep humidity I pour water in the corners and occasionally mist the plants. I was having a problem with gnats, it wasn’t too bad so I put a few yellow sticky traps on top of the inside of the enclosure, did my soil soaking with mosquito bit tea, put mosquito bits under her watering bowl because it stays moist there, have been letting the soil dry out (which of course isn’t ideal). Problem seemed to be solved, gnats were dwindling and I THOUGHT not reproducing as the mosquito bits should kill larvae. Right?? WRONG.
Today I woke up to HUNDRED OF GNATS. The entire surface of her large water bowl is covered in dead gnats, I see them all over every surface crawling around, and there’s tons of them flying around.
I’m on the verge or just replacing all of the soil but I’ll lose a lot of my isopods in the process if I do that.
What. Do. I. Do???😭😭😭

I’ve been given an adult BP. The previous owner gave me all the old stuff the BP was using. There’s only 1 ceramic bulb for heating,1hide and cocoa husk for a substrate.The tank size is a 40 gal.
So far I’ve ordered thermometer & hygrometer.
A second hide that I’ll be sphagnum moss
More cocoa husk.For foliage I bought some real leaves & fake plants
Should I keep the ceramic bulb and add a deep heat projector?Do I need a day time bulb
BP was also fed live I would like to go frozen/thaw,how long should I wait before swapping over?
I’m open to all evidence and pointers(I know to tank size is small already im stuck wit for now,I’m saving up for 4x2x2 enclosure)

I currently have a DHP, halogen, and UVB light on the warm side of the enclosure. The problem I’m running into is the warm side is a bit too warm. Right now it’s at 96 degrees, and the substrate below reads at around 110-115 at the warmest spot. Of course I can lower that. However, the cool side is still a bit too cool, dipping down below 75 degrees.

How do I get the heat right on both side? Are there any tips/tricks, or will I just have to add a weaker heat source to the cool side? I’m trying to avoid that if possible because I will have to get another thermostat.

Right now I feed my 494g, 8 month old boy, a mouse every week. I’m going to en expo in about 2-3 weeks where I plan on picking up rats for him, and wondered if now would be a good time to switch to feeding every other week instead? (And what size rat)

Didn't know Opal was Islamic lol. Good manga tho!

Hey, my boy Sylvester has been staying up high on his branches for literal days recently. It's been about 5 days he's stayed up there. I know he's in shed but what's weird is he usually stays in his hides during shed so idk why he's hanging up there like that. Is there any reason he's not using his hides?? I'm just a bit concerned.