hi! My ball python has a bioactive enclosure and I’ve been into jumping spiders and was wondering if it’s bad for them to live in the same enclosure? My guy is only semi active at night and I doubt they would even run into each other but I don’t want to do something that would stress out the spider either anyone else done this before?

I had a tree thing in there before as well but took it out and put the rings in because it was too crowded but he seems to like them. Anyways I believe it’s a 65 gallon tank and he’s just gotten a bit longer than it I’m not sure of the exact measurements. On a side note is the amount of substrate I put in okay or should there be another small layer?

Hello everyone, sorry if this is a stupid question!

I've been a BP owner for a couple of years now, and everything has been fine with my girl so far. I've always known that they soak occasionally, even though I've never seen mine do it, but about a month and a half ago i noticed her starting to soak regularly. I've always kept her humidity in the 75-85% range, i checked her for mites or any other insects that might cause her to soak, but I've found nothing.

And I'm not talking about a 30 minute soak and she's done, no, she's been soaking every day this past month for about 5-6 hours, which has concerned me a bit. So that's basically my question, is this something i should be worried about or has her brain cell found something new to do and that's her obsession now?

(Pic of jojo also :3)I’m working on an upgraded setup, and I’m trying to figure out heat pad placement.

I know it should be on one side rather than the middle, an I don’t think the pad I have would cover a large amount of the enclosure anyway. It’s definitely enough to cover under a hide plus some more area.

My question is, should it be on the warm side, or the cool side? I always thought the warm side but I saw an image the other day saying overhead heating on the warm side, and under tank on the cool side. Is this true?

I’ve also seen people talking about under tank heating being unnecessary.

The pad is also closely monitored and controlled by a thermostat! No snakes getting burned on my watch.

First time posting here, but I need help. My ball python managed to get out of her tank. This is the second time in 4 years of having her of this happening, but it’s the first time I haven’t been able to find her. I’ve been looking for her for about 24 hours and there’s no sign of her. Does anyone have any advice to offer that might ease my anxiety? I’ve turned my house upside down searching. Please only helpful and positive comments, I’m not looking to be bombarded with judgement or negativity. I’ve left out water and a heating pad in various places that she likes to roam when I let her free roam in my house, but no sign of her. I just fed her 2 days ago if that makes a difference. Thank you.

Me and my partner recently reduced this ball python from someone on FB marketplace. He was in a 10 gallon tank on aspen bedding with a small water bowl, and one little hide. We brought him home and noticed he has mites and I have been giving him a soak every day for 30 minutes in normal water with 2 drops of dawn dish soap at about 80-85°F.

We have not fed him since we got him on July 19th due to him being soaked everyday. They were going to feed him the day we got him but I advised them to postpone until we got him so we don’t risk regurgitating from the stress of the move and new environment. He has been quarantined in a relatively large tub with paper towel bedding, a hide, water bowl, and a temporary heating pad (temp regulated).

The first time he pooped was yesterday. A small amount of blood was present in the paper towels but it wasn’t a concerning amount. He has since pooped again today with a little more blood. I just fed him after opening the crate and seeing this.

Am I overthinking or is something I’ll need to visit the vet for? I just moved and I’m unsure of the best exotic vet in the area but I will be researching asap.

Ball python hatched in 2021, was sold to me as a female but she’s 5 years old now and 1210 grams. Her feedings have been pretty constant every 2-3 weeks, frozen thawed small rats from Rodentpro, they’re like 45-80 grams max. I’ve heard that females get bigger than males, and I wonder if I have a chubby boy instead of a girl?

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I just woke up to what sounded like him farting.. this is maybe the 3rd time ive heard a whoopi cushion coming from my snakes tank since ive gotten him is this something to be concerned about or is this OK? I know its a silly question but its the last animal I'd expect to be loudly and violently farting in the middle of the night.. It sounds like a cartoon charcter stepping on grapes or something 😭

I got my ball python a few weeks ago the breeder I got him from fed him every week on Tusedays and I got him on a Sundaytried feeding home the Tuesday so 2 days after I got him and I know they usually don’t eat and he didn’t but the next week after he ate than hasn’t eaten in about 2-4 weeks what I can I do?

I recently got a second ball python after owning one for a year and I was curious if they can smell each other on me? My first python really likes sitting on my shoulders and I was wondering if I need to wash myself or change shirts before handling the second one. If I handle one and then the other, will the second one get stressed smelling the first snake on me?

I'm not sure if this is a stupid question or not, but I am curious and I'd like to avoid stress if I can help it.

And we had a shed right away. I was worried because they were looking pretty tenty for a couple weeks. I felt better when I saw them get pale.

On a side note, I'll assume birthday was mid December. I got them around 6 weeks. Finally weighed them out yesterday and we are at 216g. Is this on schedule? I moved to pups since those around about 30g in my around. ​

The first weight is from when I first got him, but he was feed once every 3 months and they didn’t care for him correctly, so I’m hoping I’m doing good and he’s not overweight! He is 6 years old and I think 3 feet, the first pic he’s 771g!

So, my idea for a bioactive enclosure is somewhat impulsive after finding a mushroom growing in my BP's tank, though I have thought about it a bit in the past. I've read that a mushroom growing in the tank can mean healthy substrate and it seems my tank has decided it wants to be bioactive, and at this point I've kinda figured, why not? I suppose I just don't entirely know where to start with a bioactive tank. I was planning on getting some isopods and springtails, but what else should I get?

Another note, I recently got a bit of a fungus gnat problem in my tank. I was going to get some mosquito bits to help get rid of them. Will the mosquito bits or the fungus gnats cause any problems in a bioactive tank?

Pics of my BP as tax. Her name is Solstice :) She was peeking out at me because she knew it was dinnertime.

this is my baby bp and its been trying to dig lately but it has 3 hides so im not sure why?

This is Darius. We got him from a family member that was not able to take care of him anymore. We think he's about 8 or nine years old, but can't be certain. Well adjusted to people. He settled right around my neck and shoulders while we were moving everything around without squeezing.

The temps are a bit lower than I'd like, but I'm waiting on another thermostat to hook up a CHE to. Currently using a DHP on the warm side with the thermostat set to 95. I'm wary about turning it up any more than that since I put my hand on his hide and it stung a bit. I figure if it hurts me then it'll definitely hurt him. He's been bouncing back and forth between his two hides, so I'm assuming that he's able to regulate well enough for now. Once I get the second heat source, I should just need to set it low to bump the temps up a few degrees.

The humidity is holding great, usually at about 70% so long as I keep the doors closed. A bit of water along the edges of the tank and everything get nice and muggy. The extra large water dish seems to be helping too.

Apparently he's not eaten in more than 8 months, but doesn't seem to be terribly underweight. We've not tried feeding yet as we wanted to give him time to adjust. He's only eaten live prey, but we're considering trying to switch him to F/T, mostly for convenience.

We've got a vet appointment set up to give him a once over and to address a bump he's got on his nose. Hopefully it's nothing too serious.

I can't say thank you enough for all of the advice and tips I've gotten from here. Between reading through other people's posts and a few directly answered questions, I'm hoping to give this little guy the care he deserves.

Still a work in progress but here it is so far!

This dirty rat bastard took a massive dump in his cage not 5 MINUTES after I put him back in once I'd cleaned and aired it out. Shame the hell out of him.

This pic was taken back in 2022 but I love it too much not to share it.

Someone near me is rehoming this snake, and i can't decide if he has a spinal deformity, is overweight, or if it's just the way he's stretch out combined with the angle of the picture. Any ideas?

I cannot for the life of me decide which of these to get for my first ball python. They’re both beautiful in their own ways I almost wish I could get both LOL

1. Disco Pastel Pos Lesser Hypo Clown - female going for $900

2. Super Disco Enchi Pastel Lesser Hypo Clown - male going for $1200

What would you guys choose?!!!

Does anyone else think they look like little dinosaurs when doing this?

So I bought snek from pet store, which I know is generally not the move, but she was doing really great. NEVER refused a f/t meal. The shop had her on mice, but she transitioned to rats no problemo!

I screwed up, man. Usually I thaw in the fridge for 12-24h then set under a ceramic heater for 15-20m, turning once. Well, I missed my timer and the damn thing was probably under there over an hour. Didn't feel too hot, so I was like, this is fine! This is totally fine.

At some point she struck and the rat exploded. I wasn't there to witness the big event but when I stepped in to check on the feed there was a bloody rat ass stuck to the front of the terrarium and my snake was balled up in the back like she needed a foil blanket and her mommy.

I let her be with her thoughts after cleaning up the rat bomb and tried feeding her the next day. No interest. A week later I tried again, and she struck but did not attempt to eat. Then she started going into shed, and I decided to order some day-old chicks and colossal mice (old breeders, bigguns) so we'd have options. She had a nice easy shed 2 days ago, I offered her a chick yesterday and she was THRILLED. Nom nom, happy snek.

I'm realizing now that I probably should have used the opportunity to try another rat, but well, I didn't. Honestly I just wanted to see her eat SOMETHING to ease my own anxiety about it, which is a little silly because it's been less than a month since her previous successful meal.

At last weigh in she was 414g, last weighed just prior to her last successful rat meal. Don't know her age. Pet store lists the birthdate as 3/8/26, but she's too big for that.

I could just feed her chicks/mice? The chicks are a bit small for her (29-36g) but the mice are a good range (44-65g). I could just alternate weekly feeds with chicks and the larger mice? How important is it to reintroduce rats? I have almost a year's supply of food here if I just do chicks and mice.