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    Question Second opinion

    Me and my family are very fond of snakes and decided to get a ball python, someone in town was getting rid of their collection, and was asking 40 for a 4yr old female Normal bp. We get her the same day. I find out that the lady was feeding her adult mice, the day before we got her she sould be eating bigger right? Second day, she goes up to the tank and acts like she wants out, so my uncel take her out and let's her roam around the bed. She does fine. Third day, we bring her to my house. She does the same thing, so we let her out. She goes up to my leg and pushed against it and latched on to me. It wasn't like a feeding latch because she wasn't tightening. So I my uncel gets her off me and we put her back in her tank.(I'm 13 and she's kinda big) She does fine when she is back in her cage, just goes to her hide. I don't know what it means. Is she hungry? The lady said she never stuck at her, and I wasn't even paying attention to her and she latches on to my leg and bites. She was doing perfectly fine before, she was exploring, please help.

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    A four year old female ball is usually eating medium rats weekly. How much does she weigh?
    Honest, I only need one more ...

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    any new addition needs to be left completely alone for a minimum of 5 days to get used to their new environment, then you can you begin to handle them. leave the snake alone.

    adult mice are entirely too small for a 4 year old female. you need to get her weight and feed her the appropriate sized prey.


    how is your husbandry? could you post pics of your enclosure? she might be cranky from her environment.
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    Re: Second opinion

    how is your husbandry? could you post pics of your enclosure? she might be cranky from her environment.[/QUOTE]

    I'm on mobile, so I can't post pics,
    But she is in a opaque tub with a 82° hot side,
    And a 75° cold side. A cardboard hide that
    She fits entirely in, a water bowl on the cool
    Side that is big enough for her to fit in and a
    Branch that lays above her water bowl. She has paper towel substrate like her previous owner had, along with a sim room lighting. That's what she has
    Sorry that I can't post pics on this. But I can use Gmail. Thank you for telling me that!

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    you can also upload the free app "tapatalk" on you phone and upload pics from there very easily
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    Re: Second opinion

    Quote Originally Posted by Alurii View Post
    I'm on mobile, so I can't post pics,
    But she is in a opaque tub with a 82° hot side,
    And a 75° cold side. A cardboard hide that
    She fits entirely in, a water bowl on the cool
    Side that is big enough for her to fit in and a
    Branch that lays above her water bowl. She has paper towel substrate like her previous owner had, along with a sim room lighting. That's what she has
    Sorry that I can't post pics on this. But I can use Gmail. Thank you for telling me that!
    82° is too cold for the hot side and 75° is as well. where and how are you taking these temperatures? is your hot side temp from ambient temps or from an actual hot spot/UTH? or are the temps taken on top of the substrate?

    beeps should have 2 identical cave-like hides on each side of the enclosure. this reduces stress and allows them to regulate as they need to without them worrying about security.
    4.4 ball python
    1.0 Albino 0.1 Coral Glow 0.1 Super Cinnamon paradox 1.0 Piebald 0.1 Pastel Enchi Leopard het Piebald 1.0 Coral Glow het Piebald

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    1.0 crested gecko
    0.1 ????

    0.1 cat
    0.1 Maine Coon mix

    0.1 human ✌︎

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    It's not about what she eats but the quantity of what she eats, while most people will prefer to feed 1 live prey which is why they switch to rats, it is acceptable to feed mice so long you feed the right amount (which may take 4 to 5 mice a week).

    Now if you decide to switch it may take time considering the age of the animal and in this case you will have to use tought love.
    Deborah Stewart


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    Re: Second opinion

    She is on frozen thawed

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    Re: Second opinion

    Ok, two hides,
    The temps are Ambient and took above substrate.
    What temps should I have then?? I also use a heat pad, no heat lamps. I won't use any connection, so I won't be able to respond for a few hours wile I'm getting frozen medium rats. And leave her be for a few days, got it.

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    Do you have a thermostat regulating the heat pad?

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