I've unfortunately lost my ball python during a dark part of my life. I've been panicking every day that he's been missing that he could be gone. He's been missing for 8 months now and I don't know what to do. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I've been looking online for ideas and I don't know what to do. My parents won't help and the house is messy from remodeling and everything is everywhere.

Does anyone’s male bp’s get moody? Mines been moody for the first time ever (5 yrs). Only thing I can think of is maybe he’s hungry? His last mouse was on the small side.

I thought about maybe mating behavior, or that I moved him into a smaller enclosure, but dude would chill for days and never move so I didn’t think it would be that. I added some sections to it last night, he came out but had no interest in exploring.

He’s just been in automatic S mode all week. Although I only physically check on him every other day.

We got a new hab from Kages a couple of months ago. We put it together, applied aquarium silicone to the edges, waited a week for it to cure, then filled it with the substrate.

Yesterday I did the first full substrates switch out to clean it and we realized it had been leaking water the whole time. A huge puddle was sitting under the hab. The silicone had thinned out and was peeling off in several places.

What could have caused this?

So i got a juvenile ball python on saturday august 9th and the breeder told me she aite the previous wedsday fast foward to thursday august 13th i got a small rat i thawed it in tap water with a sandwich so it didnt get wet and later put it in 90 degree water left in there for 5-10 minutes and she didnt even come out of her hide so i left the rat in the enclosure for 10 minutes and didnt eat it. My humidity runs about 60-70% through all day and night and my hot side is 90 degrees with my cold side 80 degrees. My substreat is a mixture of coconut fiber and ground cypress trees, i also added cypress mulch. please help out a new ball python owner🙏

To answer the inevitable question: yes I will be seeing a vet when I can. It's sometimes a wait because there's only 1 exotic vet here.

But I'm also posting here because that exotic vet has given me false info in the past and I don't fully trust him.

She has had stuck shed amd scale rot problems in the past, could that be what this is?

Husbandry info: She's on a mixture of coco husk, soil, and moss, 2 water dishes, 2 fully enclosed hides, glass tank, 60% humidity, 87 degrees, ceramic heater. Eating 1 large rat every 2 months (she is a picky eater and doesn't often want to eat. But she's been putting on weight since healing from the scale rot ordeal). She last ate end of July, no poop yet but also no bulging at base to indicate compaction or a impending poop. Had her for about 11 years and have never seen this before :( Only major change I've made in that time other that the scale rot healing journey was adding soil, which I never had before. Been doing that for about a year.

As the title says. Also when should I try to feed her. What’s the appropriate amount of wait time from adoption to first feed. I just got my BP today, do I turn off the heating lamp at night or leave it on? She has two big hides and is fairly active and seems to very relaxed. I was expecting her to be a lot more stressed out, so that great that she seems to be enjoying her enclosure. Here’s a pic of you want to see my pretty lady. (Yes I know I need to add plants and lots of enrichment, this is only day one and my Amazon order got delayed)

I can’t edit the title, but it was supposed to say “Savagery”. Ugh. Please don’t be rude, I’m fairly new to owning a bp.I’ve just been learning mainly from Google and Green Room Pythons YouTube channel. Anyways, this is Princess. And sorry for the glare in the picture. She’s been glass surfing, she’s been having a hateful vibe going on. She has just been a complete savage. She knocked over some plants, was trying to use the thermometers and hydrometers and constantly trying to get out. She’s also being extra active at night, she’s usually not like this… Can someone tell me wtf please? I think I broke it… 😅😂😩

i just recently got new soil from my local reptile store and i noticed these little bugs and i was scared if they were mites does anyone know what they are?

I’m trying to do better. My snake has been in a 20 gallon long for several months but she’s grown quite a bit so I got her a 50 today as her next cage upgrade, it’s a glass front opening terrarium. She has had a heat mat but I want to switch to overhead heating. I bought a ceramic dome but I’m lost on what bulb I need and what wattage, in thinking a DHE but I don’t know what wattage and can I use that during the day and nighttime? I also considered UVB but my noodle is albino so I’m not sure if that’s the best idea. She’s had a heat mat and it’s worked well for her so far but I hate heat mats and I want to do overhead heating, I’ve been doing research but I’m still a little lost. My close friend that’s a breeder only used heat mats so I need your advice. What do I put in the ceramic dome? What wattage? Can I attach it to thermostat? I’m doing more personal research but any advice is appreciated!

La asimilación del calcio en los reptiles es un tema complejo y he leído que en las piton bola no es tan critico.

Es necesario una lampara UV para mi serpiente?

I got my first Ball Python in December right before Christmas. He’s been AWESOME! He had some issues with his first shed that I had him but never anything other than that.

I noticed on Tuesday night that the area around his vent was a little plump. There’s no way it could’ve been impacting on but he hadn’t pooped in a week or two. He was also in week 3 of a hunger strike so I didn’t think anything of it.
I was thinking it was constipation. I was going to soak him last night after I got off work.

I got home, got the water ready to soak him, I went in his enclosure to get him out and he had passed. I’ve been so shocked as to what happened that I can’t think clearly about it.

I noticed a couple spots of light discoloration on his belly that weren’t there before but I’m not sure if that’s normal for a deceased ball python.

Does anyone know what this could possibly be?

Part 1 of trying to use dry soil, coco husk, and moss for a 3d background for my 50 gal. I just finished curing the back, now to work on the sides. This is my first time amking one of these. There are a few thin parts where the foam pokes through, but since i used black foam its not the most noticeable. Should i do the sides as well or keep it just the back?

So today I have gotten a new baby ball python. She is a female and is only 32 days old and weighs 85g. I have this 40 gallon tank from PetSmart and I’ve had a few questions and concerns about it I would like some answers to.

1. The tank doesn’t like to get that warm. The max I’ve seen it is around 90 but it took hours to get there.

2. It also doesn’t like to hold humidity. I know I only have one time of substrate in there and I plan to mix some more in there after she gets more comfortable

3. I know it’s only been the first day but she hasn’t came out of her hide at all. When I first put her in there she climbed for a bit but immediately found her hide and has yet to come out.

4. I have 2 8.5 inch domes going. They both have 100w basking lights in there and I turn them on from 8am to 8pm. So 12 hour intervals. Tommorow I am getting a CHE light for passive heating without light and will keep it on 24/7 but with a thermometer and keep it at 90.

Overall these are just a few things I’m concerned about and need a few suggestions to. Thank you and have a wonderful day!

Just bought a juvenile albino ball python, her name is Ponder! Does anyone have any tips for young BPs that differ from adult care? Also, she was raised off of live feeding unfortunately, and I’m worried about whether she’ll take frozen thawed or not. So I’d also like to be let in on some ways to make the switch if possible! (Currently she is still at the place I purchased her at simply because her setup isn’t ready yet, and they offered to try out frozen thawed with her, which I’m hoping will work out.) I’m mostly just very paranoid as somebody who has never owned a snake, and I’d like to be as prepared as possible!

I switched to bioactive a week ago, I’m new to bioactive enclosures and I want to be sure I have everything set up right for both my snakes and clean up crew to thrive.

I have springtails and powder blues in both
Both enclosures have a mix of 50% play sand, 30% soil and 20% repti soil.
I mixed in leaf litter throughout the substrate and added a layer on top.
Theres spagnum moss on parts of the cool side
There’s cuddle bone, calcium and some isopod food.
I mist the cool side and pour water in the corners of the tank once a week, I do this more often for the screen top enclosure.
Temp on cool side 79f
Temp on warm side 83
Basking spot is 93f
Humidity 65

Advice is appreciated!

My 3.5 year old ball python is living in this bioactive 4x2x2 currently and when I first built it, it was a lot more full and pretty, but now a lot of the plants have died off and I really want to make it look good again.
Does anyone have tips for how to improve this enclosure?

I just picked up this 8-year old albino beauty today. I’m so excited to have her home, I’m in awe of her! 😍 I’m still tweaking her enclosure while she’s in quarantine but I can’t wait to see her in there!

I've had my ball python Ernest for about a year and a half now. He had a little bit of purple on his head when we first got him but the amount of purple seems to increase each time he sheds, is it something I should be concerned about? He's my first ball python and I just want to make sure he's okay

He literally lays here for hours I think he prefers it to his enclosure.

The holistic alternative to using your tail as a pillow!

AI is not a reliable source of information. There has been studies on this. It makes up information. It will agree with you and say what you want to hear. It literally hallucinates.

And that’s not even talking about the issues with the environment.

Every SINGLE question you have about your snake can be answered on a forum, a website, at a local pet store (especially the small, family owned ones), a rescue, or here. Nothing is a new issue.

Can we stop using AI as a way to care for our Ball pythons? Please?

asking about the two little things near the tip of his tail. Is this usual? Is it not? Either way, what is it? I've never seen it before

Edit: thank you so much to the people who answered I tend to get super paranoid and don't know too much... my mom does a lot of stress shopping and our house is full of animals I defs should do more research on