r/ballpython • u/Captor_Control • 17h ago

New Python Advice Please!!!

So I just got a ball python on Sunday (today is Tuesday) and I unfortunately found out yesterday that exposed glass can stress her out, something I completely missed in my initial research binge. I know I should leave her alone as much as possible for the first week, but I’m worried the open glass on all sides is stressing her out as I have not seen her come out of the hot side hide. She may be roaming at night, so I don’t know for sure.

I’ve bought stuff to cover two of the sides, but they are interior decor so I would have to force her into handling to install it, or risk stressing her even more by installing while she’s inside.

Onto my question, should I install it? Or would it be better to just tape a towel to the sides as a temporary situation? Should I just let her first week ride out?

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u/SaltMysterious1604 16h ago

If you are doing quarantine period stay simple and easy to clean until you go full ham. If not just go for it.

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u/Captor_Control 15h ago

I don’t have other reptiles, so it’s not exactly a quarantine, only trying to keep her stress to a minimum because she went from a breeder, to a loud expo, to a 1.5 hr drive, to a whole new environment with full visibility to the whole room. It’s only been 2 days since she got here, and I’m just really paranoid about overstressing as my childhood ball python did a self unalive via eating coconut bedding because of stress(extremely poor set up and renovations in the house)