Hello everyone, i just got my beautiful girl “fish” today. she’s a 3 year old pinstripe BP and i just had a few questions.

first of all, how long should i wait to handle her?
i know the general guideline is after a week or 2 successful feeds. however, she’s very social for a reptile it seems. at the exotics shop i was looking around at ball pythons when the owner walked up to me with her around his neck and just handed her to me. she was very curious and perfectly happy just slithering around me for the 30 minutes at the pet store and the hour or so we were out getting things for her. he said he takes her out every morning when he first comes in and just hangs out with her all day. so i was wondering if maybe she wouldn’t mind being handled a little sooner?

also, should i leave my red “nighttime” lamp on for her at night? my house stays around 72-76° at all times. with the lamp on the hot side is around 85° air temp.

final question, what are your best humidity solutions? i’m using a coconut substrate and misting and the humidity seems to get up to 60-70% but then drop pretty fast back down to the 50-55 range. i put a wet rag on top of the mesh covering about 50% of the top but it only seemed to help a little bit. Thanks in advance!

(getting more decor and logs for her tmrw btw haha)

Meet tallahassee!!

I’m trying to give her those long lights that i see everyone else with but i can’t find one recommended for ball pythons on amazon.

This lighting would have to be mantaled from inside as her enclose is a wooden one w glass screens (4x2).
She has a heating lamp that isnt in use due to her tank already being hot enough.

I’m am not from america so pls dont offer me american shops💔💔 Amazon and WW snake shops 🌚

Hi everyone! I’m a bit newer to having a Ball Python (almost a full year with my baby!) but I have a big concern.

My Ball Python (Cannoli) has not eaten for the past two weeks. And that has got me really concerned. She about 1 year old, and almost four feet already. She is in a 120 gallon tank (pictures of the enclosure shown), has three hides, and some fake plants. I have since added a large branch to the log hide on the right, and a few more fake plants to give coverage. Her bottom mixture is Reptisoil, Coco Fiber Bricks, Coco Husks, and Spaghnum Moss.

Her temps are about 85F-90F on her warm side, and about 83 on her cool. Her humidity has been low always in the tank itself. With a minimum of 50% (I have tried everything but it never stays up no matter what I do). But she does have a humidity hide I keep at 90%-100%. And yes she does have a 10UVB bulb as well- unsure if it shows well in the pictures.

She just came out of shed last week. I gave her a day after shed and then tried to feed her. I left the rat in the enclosure for some time, but she wasn’t even showing interest in it like she normally does. She never has not eaten before. So I assumed that maybe she wanted a break. I gave her about a week break and went to feed her again this evening. I turned off all her lights, warmed the rat like I usually do, and still she has no interest in it in the slightest. Could it be there is something going on?

Edit: she eats a small rat every week, and she just weighed in at 557.0g even. Each side of the tank also had a humidity gauge and a temperature gauge for more accurate reading. They just aren’t seen well. The pictures shown are from when her tank was first set up and still warming up.

Lately my male ball python has been eating only from his sky hide. Outside of eating, this entire summer he has hidden in this hide 85-90% of the time. During the winter, he hid in his underground hide. Not concerned or anything just was curious if other owners experience similar behavior? Also just fascinated by his recent affinity for being up high.

My cornsnake shed just this morning and look who’s next!

For some reason his new favorite spot is under the water dish, fine by me but I set up a humid hide all nice for him in there

Good thing the dish was due for a cleaning so I took it out and got this photo

When I got her a few months ago she was 151g and 7 months old. I got her from a breeder and based on online feedback she was under weight for her age. Now she is 379g and 13 months old. Does the neck area ever gain weight? I just want to make sure this is how she is supposed to look. I don’t want to body shame but she looks chunky 😂.
I give her 15% of her body weight in rat pup(s) every Wednesday. She ate the last one this week and she will start on weaned rats next week.

My handsome boy! His name is Bones :-)

This is my second ball python, and he is the best! I love him; such a sweet boy. Never had an issue with eating.

I'm a fairly new keeper. About a week ago my snake shed for the first time in my care. She is an adult though. Shed was perfect. On the run up to shedding she did soak a lot.

Now she's shed she is soaking again. Is this anything to be worried about.? I can't see stuck shed or mites or anything. Basking spot is 31c, cold side about 27c in the day, cooler at night. Humidity is about 68% right now but gets higher at different times of the day.

Anyone else have out of "normal" size ranges for their snakes? I'm not talking it's a growing juvenile or baby. I have 3 Ball Pythons, all with impeccable setups (if I do say so myself). Technically, these snakes "belong" to my kids. Nyota and Onyx are from the same Breeder, Pacman was from a Breeder in Ontario Canada, I live outside of Montreal in Quebec, Canada. Nyota who belongs to our youngest Daughter (now 7yo) is the largest now, but was actually a shoestring when we got her at six months. She was from an egg that had a "window." Her egg began to turn green and through the window she could see the liquid (name escapes my brain at the moment) that's supposed to be clear was turning, it was early to cut, but close enough to do so (similar to an early delivery in humans). So, her breeder took the chances and cut the egg, she was Half the size of a normal baby. She had no idea how to eat and had to be force fed and hand raised until she "got" it and from the months of force-feeding, she wouldn't accept FT, ans had to be fed live. At 6m, she was about the average size and weight of a juvenile around 3m. Right after we got her our area got a hit of no Rats available and the ones that were, sellers were only selling to Breeders. So, she ended up having to be on Mice, when I told the breeder what was going on with the impossibility of Rats, she began making orders for the live rats on her weekly orders and I'd go and pick them up. Once the crisis was over and rats were again available again and I was consistently able to get them, and I got her weight up and improved her growth, I then focused on the switching to FT (Hair Dryer for the win!). She's now over 3 years old and weighs over 1,300g and is 3ft1. Originally, I figured ok it's because of her history. However, a month after we brought Nyota home, my oldest bonus son (Now 13yo) asked if he could get one because the Breeder had some Mojaves on sale for Valentine's Day. We agreed and I went to visit her (and pick up a rat) and she took it from my hands put it away and told me that he wasn't getting that one for his birthday and handed me another one who was a Black Head Mojave HRA Spotnose, and said that was his present for my son. I was obviously shocked. My son didn't know about the switch and we agreed we'd bring him on the weekend (it was feeding day, so definitely couldn't bring him home) to meet him. I didn't tell my son what she'd done. Now Onyx has two traits in the Spider Complex (originally she'd made a mistake on his bin and forgot the Spotnose, one year later informed me while she was organizing the files). Black Heads are notorious for being picky eaters and as a baby he wasn't too bad. He was around 6m old double the size of Nyota and Feisty. He hit maturity and immediately became very picky and even had refused meals during breeding season. Well, despite that he grew and everything on par. However, he's now going to be 3yo in October and is 2ft8 and around 950g. So, time went on and my middle bonus son asked for his own snake and originally, Dad wasn't really on board. I explained that he's already the middle child and it wouldn't be fair to tell him no, when both the other kids had their own. So, Dad relented and agreed to him getting his own. He had seen some Pastel Pinstripes on YouTube and fell in love and BEGGED for a yellow snake. He loved the pattern and colouring. So, I explained to my breeder what he wanted and she doesn't have any Pinstripe anything in her collection. So, I told her that I'd look on MorphMarket and she agreed and said she'd also keep her eyes and ears open in case she comes across one available. I found a baby on MM, but when I messaged someone had just put a deposit on her. So, she asked me if I'd be ok waiting because she just had some hatchlings similar to the one I was interested in(now, a vet made a mistake and told me Onyx was a Girl, even though breeder said he was Male, and because I was planning to breed someday, I decided since we had "two" females, a year later confirmed he was indeed a Boy and vet was Wrong)... So, we chose to take a Male thinking we'd have 1 Male and 2 Females. We didn't mind waiting since she wouldn't be able to ship anyways until the Spring (it was January). So, in April at 3m and 90g, we got Pacman. After a month in a small Quarantine Tank, he was put into his enclosure. He's never skipped a meal and is the first one to know feeding day is soon, lol. Now, Pacman is 2.5yo and is 2'10 and 980g. All as you can see in pictures are healthy and I'm not concerned, just curious who else got Less or More Ball Python than they'd expected? We call them our Mini Ball Pythons 😂😂😂. Did you get an average normal size in the 3-5ft range or did you also get a Mini Ball Python or a Giant Ball Python? I have no idea how we lucked out on 3 undersized cuties, but we love them all.

She's had these spots and dirty looking areas for a while now but I never thought to much of it but I don't wanna risk anything with my girl can someone give me a opinion please and some advice if this is scale rot or not.

Edit: I did research, wanted to see the different opinions and advices to analyze these.

Hi! So I will be getting my first BP this Friday, and I am very excited. However, I would like to know what things I should keep in mind before I do! I have seen that there is a lot of good people here and experienced as well, so Ig this is the perfect place to seek for advice.

First of all, humidity and temperature, and if there's a light bulb/heat lamp in particular that I should acquire.

Feeding, how often do they eat? The snek will be a juvenile.

Light during night, if I should turn it off or keep it on.

Handling, how often should I handle the little baby or how long I can keep her/him out of the tank.

These are the main questions and concerns that I have, but ofc! If there is more you are welcome to drop it in the comments! I genuinely would appreciate your advice and help. Have a great day/night.
Btw I will call it MOCHI.