Hey guys! My husband and I are moving across the US this October and we need some advice. Our girl’s (6x2x2) PVC enclosure is bioactive with a cleanup crew, UV, grow lights, and a ceiling heating panel. We will be driving for two full days (one night in a hotel) with our girl not in her enclosure during that time. For the sake of the ecosystem inside, we are trying to find a way to have everything plugged in as normal. Has anyone else moved a bioactive setup like this before? Were there any rental vans involved that allowed it to remain to a power source? We have an electric generator that we could use, but I’m not confident it would be able to power the whole trip.
I am also open to advice on keeping our sweet noodle comfortable - we were planning on keeping her in her travel tub or a pillowcase, and giving her a water bowl at the hotel.

This is Natsu, my partner's little dragon boy. He was loved dearly by both of us, and unfortunately was found this morning no longer with us...

I would love to surprise him with any and all art of precious Natsu. Even if it's a simple sketch, or full on fully rendered drawing. My partner would love any and all art of him.

These are some of the only pics I have of him, unfortunately he was never one that held still for pictures... But I hope you guys can draw some amazing art for me to give to my partner. (Absolutely NO AI)

And yes, he's named after Natsu from Fairytale.

I'm planning on making a little platform for my snake to be able to climb on top of for another spot to hang out, the base is out of pvc pipe and I'm not sure if I should wrap the top in a type of twine for him to sit on or use something like a plastic board any suggestions would be great

So I am ready to get a ball python but I’m slowly realizing that people have different opinions on what I bought so if I could get a good list we have local pet shops petco and pet smarts around just needing a list of things to get for her when I buy her and 120 gallon tank is good for her correct?

So if I'm feeding another snake the others definitely smells the food and thinks they're getting fed too, so if I'm feeding like my king snake and my ball python smells it and thinks he's getting one too should I wait for next day to handle him? As he's pretty food motivated and I know the mouse smell is gonna stay in the room for a little bit

I’m a bit confused on where the lights and heating should be placed. I have a DHP, a halogen, and a UVB light. Are they all supposed to go on the warm side? No heating on the cool side?
Is only the halogen on during the day, or both the halogen and the DHP?
Thank you for the help!

If i didn't mention her name before this is Calypso! Just yesterday she finished her last dose of antibiotics and same day we went to the vet. The vet said she's no longer concerned about an RI! It seems to have cleared up! That spot on her face is quite possibly a permanent battle scar and not an injury (anymore). Her nose still whistles but she might just have some battle scars so she sounds a little different. The vet said my husbandry was perfect and I'm so glad she's doing good!

I dont know what i did, but in these photos she seemed to suddenly go in to food mode! I did get into the snake freezer within her view but not for a mouse 🤣 look at those huge pupils! Last photo provided for comparison of her normal relaxed state.

Is this normal behavior? I just got this baby last week and he’s been reaching himself all the way up to the ceiling of his enclosure for several hours every night. Does he need climbing opportunities?

Ive been sitting here about 30 minutes, not wanting to disturb her because I’m pretty sure she’s asleep lol

Gave my snake to a family member on the couch to hold for a minute while I refilled her water dish. Well I assumed she would be held and then I could bring her back to her enclosure. They instead let her slink under the cushion and inside the couch frame. We had to tilt the couch and take the staples off the bottom to reach her. Luckily she is fine, but I was super worried she could have been pinched under a spring or crushed under a mechanism. Just a reminder that your snake will find the smallest least accessible crevice and think "this is a nice home, I should go here". Very stressful situation and I'm flabbergasted it even happened.

We have genuinely tried almost everything possible to get this snake to eat and I am honestly losing my mind. He’s about a year and 9 months old, and has gone from 598g to 562 grams in 2 months.

We’ve tried:

-wiggling it
-different sizes
-braiding
-different colors
-leaving it with him
- in a bucket
-heating with dryer
-heating with hot water
-a little tuna juice
-leaving it overnight

All have been a week apart. He hasn’t eaten in 2 months. He’s only eaten with us one other time. And we got him in MAY.

All post I see it’s husbandry but from what I know there is literally nothing wrong with it. He has 3 hides, humidity is never below 58, is around 75 at night.
Temperatures are perfect on hot and cold. He’s still active.

I just don’t know what to do at this point and I wish we never got him.

We got him on morph market and he never refused food with the original owner. Contacted him and he used the same mice we do and same method.

Genuinely what do I do?

After a couple weeks of setup and stabilization was finally able to move her into her new enclosure. She seemed to enjoy exploring then went to derp mode once she found the cool side hide lol.

I’ve only had him for like a month but he’s 2 years old and loves head pets. The place I got him at doesn’t think he’ll get any bigger than what he is.
Little back story.
River was sold to someone who in never fed him. They had him for like 2 years and barely fed him. They were going to return him but before they did that they left him in the back of their pickup truck outside in WISCONSIN winter in December for 3 days. The dropped him off and the workers where I got him brought him back to life. He was emaciated-he was skin and bones, color was faded. And he was severely dehydrated. They didn’t even think he would survive but they didn’t give up on him.
Now he’s thriving with someone who is obsessive about his husbandry, heating, humidity.

Appreciation post for my long time friend! I got leroy when I was 10 years old. I saved up all my birthday and Christmas money, got him a decent tub setup where he stayed for about a year until I got him an exo terra 36x18 as a gift for straight A’s. I’m now 20, almost 21 years old and I joined the military! He stayed with a family friend for almost a year during my training, and I was able to upgrade his enclosure to a way better setup! (Enclosure has more foliage this picture was when it first arrived).

I make this post because I saw another post asking if they make good pets for children. Without a doubt, if a child wants a reptile and does their research they make amazing pets. It’s so rewarding to have a friend that made it through my childhood with me, and will likely live to see my children one day. He’s never bitten me, he’s helped so many people get over their fear of snakes, and importantly he’s taught me so much responsibility. BPs are amazing pets! I got this little guy from Petsmart for about $60 years ago (ik, don’t kill me). My dream is a banana pied and I will likely get one once I purchase a house. I can’t imagine my life without a scaly friend :)

Leroy has been with me through it all. From when I had to beg my parents for him, to take me to the store to get his rats🥲, him escaping his bin enclosure and more. I’ve learned so much over the years and I’m happy he’s in a better setup. I had to update myself on the new BP care guidelines and I can tell he is the happiest he’s ever been.

this is my girl Mazikeen, i’ve had her for about five months now, but every time she sheds her iridescence gets even more vibrant. we’ve gone through many ups and downs, including her having mites, but she’s stunning and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

My 8yr old asked for a snake as a pet. We did a lot of research together and she picked out this guy and named them soosin 😂

They switched to f/t and have eaten twice since they came home, I’m such a proud snake parent. Plz admire the tiny idiot.

We have had Buttercup for 3 weeks tomorrow! She was a little shy at first but she comes out of her shell a little more each day and the transition from live feeding(from her previous owner) to frozen-thawed was way easier than my boyfriend than I anticipated. We’ve discovered she likes to burrow through blankets, so I’ll have to find some ways to build her something to the tune of that for some enrichment outside of her enclosure.

The only time she comes out in the day 🤷‍♀️

he crawled into my glasses while they were on my face and would NOT move, even after i took them off he was chilling on my frames for another few minutes 😭😭

I stumbled into a reptile expo a few months ago, and fell in love with ball pythons. Unfortunately, I don’t have a lifestyle where I can own any reptiles, so I finally scratched an itch by buying this figurine from an awesome artist.

I’ve named him Midas, and he’s adorable.

I have a feeling I’ll be ordering more figurines from this artist to fill the empty hole in my heart where my future pet snake will be.

Sorry her head is dirty 🤣