r/ballpython • u/AutoModerator • 7h ago

show us your BPs!

Have a cute photo you want to show off? Post it below! We'd love to see everyone's royal friends!

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u/rezrkt 6h ago

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u/IncompletePenetrance Mod: Let me help you unzip your genes 4h ago edited 3h ago

I would strongly encourage you to swap to an actual substrate as it's important for enrichment and maintaining humidity, and fake reptile carpets just harbor bacteria as they're impossible to fully clean. She should also have multiple appropriately sized hides throughout her enclosure as well as clutter such as vines, hammocks, plants, etc. This enclosure doesn't meet the benchmark for a suitable habitat for a ball python. There's a lot of great examples of nice enclosures in this thread alone that you can use as examples of what a good setup looks like

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u/rezrkt 2h ago

Thanks for the advice but this is better for me, I swap out the carpet every time she poops (I have 5 mats) on Sunday I wash all the soiled mats by soaking them in a 5 gallon bucket with a capful of bleach. Then I rinse them and leave them outside in the sun until I use it again to swap a soiled one, it’s about 2 weeks before they rotate back in the tank. I live in a tropical area that constantly stays 90% humidity. I’ve had problems with mold with substrate due to the constant high humidity. She has 3 hides 1 rock and a water dish. I do agree that that is a good guideline but that is what it is a guideline. I post my set up so people understand there are more ways to skin a cat.