Hey Everyone! My Name is Jonathan! I have owned my ball python, Nagini, for about one year now. I rescued her from a women who bought her because she thought her 2 year old son would think she was "cool". When I got her she had a burn on her belly that covered about 2/3 of her body. I am a Veterinary Technician at an exotic/small animal clinic so after a couple of trips to work with me and she was all healed up.

For while she lived in a a 40 tall tank but about 6 months ago I "upgraded" her to a 40 long. She seems to be pretty well established and all of her vet checks are always good. I just have a couple of questions.

1.)Right now I have her warm side of her tank at about 85 with a basking stop of about 90 and the cool side at 75. I was having a hard time keeping up the humidity so I placed a heating pad underneath of her water bowl and it seems to have helped BUT what im noticing is that the warm side says that the humidity is at 33 and the cool side says its as 60. Is that normal? I would think that the humidity would be the same throughout the tanks?

2.)I noticed that within the last couple of days she is ALWAYS out and about, either moving around her terrarium or just hanging out. Is that normal behavior? Im so used to thinking that they LOVE to hide that Im worried that this behavior might be a sign of something.

3.)Im pretty sure I know the answer to this one but I guess it doesn't hurt to ask. Can I put more then one BP in my tank? Nagini weighs 615g, how big should the other snake be before keeping them together?

Thank you all so much! Im really excited to be apart of this forum!!!