I have just been given a ball python. My husbands boss got a job out of state and will be living in a hotel for at least 6 months and...well...We were asked if we wanted the python.
It was an all of the sudden kind of thing. No one else wanted the python and he had been away from her/him for almost 2 weeks and no one would look in on her, feed her, water her, etc.

The thing is...I have no idea what to do. We fed her a couple of mice and she ate them fairly quickly. We filled her water dish and she drank from it. She is pretty active, moving about and checking things out. She has done some shedding but still has some left to shed and I have been reading that I need to make sure her humidity is up to help with that.

I only have one problem and that is the temperament of snakes. I have Tarantulas and a bearded dragon. I have had a hedgehog and ferrets so I am not worried about exotic animals. I just have no idea if she comes toward my hand, when I press it up to the glass, if she sees my fingers as food or if she is just curious.

OK...So, my question is, is there a thread I can search for on here about the temperament of ball pythons? She is beautiful and I am reading up on a lot of things very quickly so I can give her a good life, I just have not found much on how to tell if they are upset or not.

Please and Thank you,
Amy