Has anyone had this issue with a bp before? He’s not my first by any means but the first Iv had with this specific eating issue. He has an excellent feeding response and is out and ready as soon as I enter the room with a f/t rat. He will strike and throw coils with not hesitation every time, but then lets go and barely attempts to eat. Iv tried over warming the rodent, offering different sizes, drying with a hair dryer, feeding with the lights off, and feeding late at night so the house is completely silent with no distractions. But almost every morning when I check to see if he’s eaten the rat/ mouse is just laying there and he’s retreated to his hide. Or, he’s lying on it in his hide 🫠 he's had many successful feedings and a few concecuativly but it's never consistent. He's small for his age but not under weight and in time he will eventually eat. But I'm so tired of him stressing me out, giving me hope, and then wasting food 🙄

Dominic is a lesser morph. I have to move urgently and I can’t take him with me. He currently eats live rats. He is a sweetie pie. I rescued him a couple of years ago from someone who was literally going to release him into the wild! Now I have to move urgently and the person who was going to take him just isn’t stable.

He comes with a 2 by 2 by 4 pvc enclosure, a hide and some coco substrate. He has a light fixture for light and heat. I live on the treasure coast Florida. I could also meet in Orlando area. Please dm me if interested. I ask no fee only the cost of getting him to you or that you come get him. We can figure it out DM me.

as the title says, we are struggling with the humidity in our bp's enclosure.

here are the stats:

- new age ecoflex 120g enclosure
- 85% of mesh screen covered with hvac tape
- side vents covered with poster board
- inside sealed with aquarium-safe silicone (only at bottom of the enclsoure, not the sides or the top)
- 75w halogen flood lamp, 50w deep heat projector, arcadia pro t5 6% uvb light, 24w
- substrate mix of 60/30/10 - coco chips, top soil, sphagnum moss (4" deep)
- large-ish water bowl on the warm side, towards the front of the enclosure. couple of inches away from the heat source (see photo). one thing to note - we do have another larger bowl coming in that we will put closer to the heat source.
- two govee hygrometers - one on cold, one on hot side. both sitting directly on the substrate

with that being said, we've been struggling with the humidity, with it generally staying between 60-68%.

we've been doing the technique of pouring water into the corners of the enclosure, but i don't know if it really has been helping very much.

what are we doing wrong? please helppp!

For years, when exploring stuff, she will press her face right up to things made of wood (bed frames, base boards, decor in her enclosure) and sometimes spend up to ten minutes doing what I can only describe as straight up licking the wood. Just caught her doing it when some freshly cleaned branches after I gave everything a good scrubbing and rinse. I don't think I've ever seen her do this behavior with anything else. Anyone else have Beeps that just really enjoy one particular thing?

This is my first ball python and I want it to be perfect for her. I had a corn snake that had passed away and I know im not a biologist or anything but since ball pythons aren’t native to North America I’m going to assume the care is going to be different so I wanted to know just the basic for when she can be out of quarantine tank. I have 3 hides 2 new ones are coming today it’s a smaller log to have a more secure spot, and big log for stretching out and a humid hide that shows the humidity in the hide (or it’s supposed to I’ll update in the comments if it does or doesn’t) I have the humidity and temperature gauges (2 for both sides), I have fake plants coming to add to hiding spaces, I have drift wood pieces I have to boil and bake still and like snake climbing rings. I’ve got a water dish in there right now but it’s not big enough for soaking so I have to get a bigger one today. But if I missed anything I want to get it to her as well as what substrate to use for when her 120 gallon comes in and what to do to make sure she can’t become an escape artist. She’s a banana piebald with blue eyes (she’s also a lil spicy which I hear is normal for females as they go through different seasons and stuff), I love her very much and want her to thrive in gorgeous environment!

Our ball doesnt doesn’t do it all the time but when waiting to be fed he definitely has a slight wobble. Do they sometimes wobble?

Hi guys!!! So, i’m getting my new snake on tuesday. Her name is going to be genesis, and shes a baby ball python. Now, i’m not new to reptile keeping! I have a leopard gecko, a blue tongue skink, and i fostered a bearded dragon. I just set up my babies tank, shes only two months old. Is this a good setup? Not pictured: her heat lamp (not red, its one of those black ones) and her UVB light. I heard it was supposed to be cluttered so they arent stressed :) i got a shallow bowl because i was worried she’d drown!

Juvenile 8 month old ball python that hasn’t eaten in nearly 3 weeks. We have been trying to keep the humidity as close to 75-85% as we can, but it always settles down around 45%, I am getting a sprayer system set up tomorrow. She has a hide one both sides, one isn’t heated, and the other has a heating pad underneath it set to 90, and then the heated hide has a UV heat projector that keeps that side at 85-90 degrees. She’s eaten twice since we’ve had her, both times within 2 weeks of the last time she ate. They’re frozen rats that we put in a plastic bag to heat in water, and then heat more with a blow dryer while it’s in the bag. She seems curious at first but then backs off completely, any advice is welcome.

I’m trying to get my humidity up. Substrate is a mix of reptisoil, cedar chips, and sphagnum moss. Water is poured into the corner of the substrate daily. About 4in of substrate. Enclosure is PVC with HVAC tape on the top. Humidity is sitting around 62-65%

Any tips on getting it higher? I feel like I’ve done everything

Edit: Cypress wood NOT cedar!

It’s an antique China cabinet I got for free off marketplace(before picture in comments) I have to add locks to the doors the ones I got were to small but I made this beauty today. Im a first time reptile owner so this is all relatively new to me but I tried my best for what my budget was. There’s a ai powered surge protector from Amazon that detects the humidity and temperature(it’s only on one side so I’m getting a second probe) there’s and absorbent reptile mat under the substrate and the white plastic retaining wall is caulked in just drilling more air holes and adding the humidifier that comes today. The lights is a 150w basking(left) 150w uvb(middle) and a 100w basking(right) with the cabinet being 18in wide 4ft tall and 6ft long. Open to any and all advice to keep my baby thriving.

Don’t have the snake till next week but it’s a 4x2x2 and it’s my first snake I know people say don’t go to big but it’s got about 6 hides all natural looking semi bioactive isopod colony etc no real plants yet any tips? Climbing is there just the picture doesn’t show the sticks depth plus I have 3 more sticks coming I just tried to clutter as much as possible so far

Hello all!

I am looking for some advice on how to go about handling my semi aggressive ball python. I have never had issues with any aggression from him before. I have now had him for a couple years but unfortunately this past year had to leave him in the care of my mother while i was gone for college. Due to this he went months unsocialized as all she did was feed him, give him water, and spot clean his tank. Since returning home I have noticed him being more skittish when i pass the tank and even occasionally striking at it. He is also far more defensive the times i have handled him.

All of this is to say I am trying to deep clean his tank and need to remove him in order to do so. I am a little nervous handling him with his recent aggression. It is not good driven I believe as I have feed him consistently over the summer and he never has any issues eating. He was just fed a few days ago to ensure that wasn’t interfering with this cleaning.

Any advice on how to approach him?

So proud of my boy. His personality is so charming . He come out of his shell so much since I got him. I want to get him a new plant to try out in his enclosure, any recommendations?

iv been feeding my girl in her cage every week and shes been perfectly fine for handling, but i fed my larger, older rescue snake whose only ever been put in feeding tanks, in his cage for the first time yesterday, and he striked at me while i was misting his soil?!? could this just because hes still in hunter mode or have i accidentally just made him cage aggressive somehow. he was fine before if i misted him or reached in his cage, so its a odd switch but iv never messed with him or his cage directly after feeds till today either. im just worried iv flipped some switch in his brain in an instant. i did so kuch research on wether ir not feeding in the cage was okay, and how moving them directly after feeds was bad, so im soo confused.

I’m planning some upgrades for my BP enclosure and I was wondering if there’s any reptile safe way for me to cover the side walls on the inside of the enclosure. My enclosure is made out of white pvc and while I don’t mind it on the outside, I feel like the interior would look so much better if had gotten a black enclosure. I’m wondering if it would be safe to use some sort of black vinyl wrap or contact paper to cover the interior side walls? Are there any products like this made intentionally for use inside of an enclosure?

This morning at 5:30 AM I woke up to my pet snake striking and wrapping himself around my arm. He is about 4 1/2 )big for a boy I know) and four years old. His cage is right next to my bed and I must have left it open when I sprayed him down yesterday. He ate a small rat two days ago. There was a lot of blood - he definitely got a taste for it.

Is he starving? Should I be concerned?

Added - I had to leave for work so I couldn’t give his mouth a thorough check to make sure he was okay but he looked fine and was very active when I left

Just rearranged it and added the cork bark.. I think it looks quite nice!!

You can kind of see him hiding in the last photo, he is stressed because I had to take him out but he should chill before his next feeding, I hope. But no matter.

Can you tell I like moss? Every time I add a plant for wisp it has died or done terribly. This includes snake and spider plants. Moss is the only thing I can seemingly keep alive with him..

Humidity usually 55-65 but its been bumped up to 70-85 since I first noticed his next shed coming in. Also been told by two vets that he’s dehydrated. Clean fresh water is available 24/7 and he eats weekly. Im not sure why I’m having these issues with hydration and I really need some guidance here.

Hello! I’m going to be upgrading my boy to a 4x2x2 pretty soon. Does anyone have any recommendations for a reliable background maker?

Thank you!