Hey Gang,
Nice to join this forum. Just purchased my first snake...a baby ball python from PetSmart. They were 25% off and I have been debating my next critter ever since my caiman died....I wanted something that was a lot less maintenance in terms of tank cleaning but still something I could watch and hang out with when I was working in my home office. I also have 5 kids and they have been begging me to get something as cool as the caiman. lol.
Anyways I ended up getting a 2 month old ball python with the following enclosure
*40 gallon enclosure
*bedding on the bottom of the enclosure
*heat lamp on top over screen
*Hollow rock for the snake to hide in
*large branch
*water bowl
All the items were purchased from petsmart. Is this a good setup? Am I missing anything?
My big question is feeding. I have had the snake for 4 days and was told to purchase frozen baby artic mice. I tried feeding the snake on the 3rd day (as I was told to give them 3 days to adjust to the new environment) but the snake is not interested in the artic mice at all. I put the frozen artic mice in warm water for a few minutes as rec'd.
I tried again today with a new mouse. Still nothing.
What am I doing wrong?
Another question I have...is it normal for the baby ball to hide under the bedding of the enclosure? I turn the heat lamp off at night...I don't have a temp gauge in the enclosure but I'd say it was 66-70 degrees in there at night as my office is heated and part of my home. Does this mean the snake is cold?
The people at PetSmart told me to feed the snake in a separate area after the first week as that would not make the snake aggressive everytime I reached into the enclosure...is that a good way of doing things?
Any help or advice would be great and thanks in advance.
A few pics...
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