Hey people! I'm new to the forums and new to Ball Pythons and reptile care in general. I live in southern spain where reptile care isn't as popular as in other places.
When I was a kid, I always wanted to get a cool pet, a big scary snake or a weird lizard but I never got around to owning one. Well, about a month or two ago this idea came back in my head and I started researching and such and decided on ball pythons.
I told my girlfriend about it and being the cool chick she is look what she dropped by my house on my 18th birthday:
Meet Iggy!
I know a normall BP doesn't seem like much in this forum but this is my first real pet, and it was such a wonderfull present! I named it Iggy after The Stooges frontman Iggy Pop.
Anyways I was researching BPs and wanted to improve the cage since the little guy would probably get stressed out in such an empty space.
Here's what I came up with:
I added a water bowl that I change every day, some branches and a nice hide, pretty big for her size but also not too tall so she can feel secure.
Also, the terrarium came with a thermometer (located in the upper middel in of the back panel) but it's complete bs so I decided to add an external one that measures in and out temperatures so I can get a pretty good idea of the hot and cold sides. I might add some cooler pieces of wood in the near future also.
I have a couple of questions for you guys:
1st of all, I don't have any way to measure the humudity yet and the room seems like its lacking some. What I'm currently doing is spraying down the tank with water about twice a day. I spray down the panels to check if they evaporate and they do rather quickly. Any tips?
Also, if you check the pics, you can notice that Iggy's scales on the top of his head are either dried off or damaged. I'm kinda worried about this do you have any ideas what this could be? Should I really worry about it?
Finally, it's summer in southern spain and I have her in a room where there's no AC so currently the room temperatures in the day are about 86-93 and 77-83 in the night. I don't turn on the light much since it seems like it would fry the poor guy! Are the temperatures good for the snake? Should I do something else?
Finally, they told me to feed her on thursdays a mouse. But I've looked into it and there so many sizes! Can you guys help me decide what size of food she needs? I hope she's not too much of a picky eater!
That's all for now guys, she seems much more comfortable now that she has her hide, she spends most of her day in there.
Sorry for the long thread guys, that's all for now! Please answer my questions or comment whatever you want!
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