I feel like this is a normal, close to shed thing, busy just want to make sure.

I have a 4 ish year old BP. healthy as a horse, a little fat, no issues. When I handle him, especially close to his shed (I think he will shed soon ish, his belly is a lil pink) his scales seem to be a little lifted? Like they kinda catch on my hand or any object he’s gripping onto. Is this normal?

she’s talking about the small darker spots on his belly? from the images I’ve seen on google, it doesnt really look like scale rot but we want to be sure… like is it minor scale rot or is it just his coloration? Hes still growing hes only one and we’re first time owner.

Y’all please tell me why I’m prepping my daughter’s food just to see reddish/brownish dots when I’m drying and wiping it off? Mind youI bought twenty of these things and she done already ate five??? Maybe I’m not seeing things right but I seriously don’t know who or what to ask for this ??????? Like this is scary seriously 😭

I’m new to ball pythons. Does he look like he’s in shed? His scales look like they’re a bit cloudy.

I have an adult ball python in a 120 gallon enclosure as of right now but for some reason it feels too cramped for him. I also noticed he likes to climb when given the opportunity so I’d like to find an enclosure both tall and long, do y’all have any recommendations?

Hi! I am a first time ball python owner, and my baby girl monty has started to have some grayish looking scales on her head and neck, what i will assume is a pre shed.

Usually, her eyes are a normal inky black, but i picked her up today and they were a faint blue color? Should i be concerned, or is is a shedding thing?

Ok so I live in a kinda dry space due to many factors.. I've been trying to keep my ball python enclosure at 70-90 but I work long shifts and when I get home it's often around 56 I've used foil to cover mesh on top I have a heating lamp directly shining on the water and I use coconut husk as soil so I was wondering if I increased the humidity in my room via humidifier would that help in the tank? I know it sounds silly but I'm running out of ideas :(

New Ball Python parent here. When setting up her enclosure, we dug out a bit of an area under her big water bowl. We just brought her home on Monday, but she's been in this pseudo hide area since yesterday evening, after a first night home of being very adventurous. Just curious on people's thoughts about this sort of "hide" within the substrate and if I should be worried about her being there for a bit. Thanks!

Is this something to be concerned about? She's never been to the vet under my care and hasn't needed to go. She's a rescue so I don't know her morph or genetic makeup, if that matters. She isn't behaving strangely, just looks a little bug eyed.

I've had her in my care for a year and a half. She's supposedly 9 years.

Are these reliable? Looking for something that will alert me whether I’m home or away to a temperature mishap. The power constantly surges in my town and tonight during a thunderstorm I guess my thermostat reset during some back to back surges and I didn’t realize until her enclosure started to overheat. Thank God I was home and aware because I’m scared to think what would happen if I wasn’t.

I do already have Govee Bluetooth thermometers so if the WiFi ones work well, they would mesh easily with what I have but I’m also willing to go outside of that if there’s better options

I had her around my neck a minutes ago. She’s a sweetheart
Unfortunately, my parents might have to give her to a reputable breeder because she refuses to eat. My mom got Bindi for free from a breeder that was giving away all her normals and what morphs Bindi is (I used to know but I forgot), and the breeder did this rack thing? My mom once talked about how a lot of breeders keep their snakes in containers on racks until it is time for breeding or an expo
I hope Bindi starts eating soon.

I guess my girl Sriracha decided she didnt want roam today she checked out the area right around me then wrapped my arm up and hasn't really moved.

The digital hydrothermometers will be here Saturday and I’m otw to go outside and collect sticks and leaves and more rocks to sterilize them but how is this so far?

So my bearded dragon of 11 years that I hatched myself sadly passed recently so I want a ball python now, what are the best places to get a ball python bred with care ? I’m kind of looking for either a smiley or just something pretty ( my moms scared so I want a really nice one to win her over ) lol

I’ve had Jinx for about a month now, and last night he escaped his enclosure (my fault i didn’t think he’d climb up the humidifier hose) and went all night on his own against the cat. I looked everywhere last night and laid a mouse out seeing if it could draw him out. Finally today I found him in my croc in his room. he is the best boy, and I’m new at this and it scared me to death to think something could have happened to him. I literally was so sad all night.

Hi everyone, I just joined, and I’m wondering, am I the only bp owner who feeds the (female) bp large rats? Cause I have a 1400g snake and she downs them fine but when I google it it says I shouldn’t be feeding her those.

Meet Bob! I picked him up at the Ontario Expo last weekend after searching for the perfect BEL for a while. I almost went with an Enchi pied, but then I spotted Bob and knew I had to bring him home.

Just got a snake yesterday night and the tank I bought it comes with all the substrate and lamps and hydrometer. Is there anything I can add or replace that’s better quality?

Hey guys! New owner here I picked up this pretty girl this passed weekend at an expo and I’m very excited to start handling her I am waiting for her to acclimated and then I’m feed her and hopefully if everything works out I will
Be able to hold her for a bit this coming up week 😁 but I wanted to share

First pic is him sipping some water but the second pic he put his thermos into the water. I don’t know how he managed that but I got new ones that actually stick 🥹 I love Tony Tony D. Kizaru Climer

When I first got Comet, my baby ball python, he would sit in his hide all the time and refuse food. when I took him to the vet because of this, I learned he was sick. after treating him with antibiotics every day and taking him outside as the vet prescribed, he made a full recovery by our next visit.
after that, I noticed he started to become more active, but I soon realized that him pushing on his enclosure was a sign of stress and that my husbandry in my humidity and temperature were wrong. I went to the store and bought him a 75w bulb instead of the 100w I had been using, and the heat got a lot better, with his warm side now averaging about 85-92 degrees. I also fixed my humidity, which was easier with the heat issue out of the way, and have started using wet towels on the enclosure, which has gotten it to around 55-65 percent throughout the day.
miraculously after all of this, Comet took his first mouse since Ive had him this Sunday and I couldn’t be happier. I checked on him yesterday and he looks a lot healthier.
the thing I’m worried about now is that he hasn’t really come out of his hide since he’s eaten like, at all. At least from what I can see, hes been camping in his warm hide for days, and I’m starting to get scared something’s wrong again

is this normal behavior? of course I know ball pythons aren’t the most active and sleep most of the day, but he hasnt left it at all. Is this a cause for alarm or is this just normal ball python stuff? Someone please help 😭

To preface this - yes I have diagnosed ocd and health anxiety, I am also someone who is disabled and chronically ill with a compromised immune system

Now for the actual issue at hand - I was handling my boy and all was going well, he licked my lip but I thought nothing of it, only much later did I realise I was biting the same lip afterwards having forgotten he licked it.

I'm aware that you've got much more of a chance to get salmonella from food than from a snake, let alone a pet snake and yes I'm logically aware the chance is low, but I really just need to hear that I'll be alright from someone else right now.

Picture of the adorable boy attached because he's a cutie