hey all, just got my first ball python a few days ago after searching craiglist numerous ttimes for ball pythons. Well we had found a ball python named "Haze" for 40$ w/cage and heat lamp. We went to go check him out, all went well except for the fact that the house was a dump and the owners didnt seem to know squat, he is 2 feet long and they claim hes 1.5 years, id say 8 months but who knows. So anyway, we bring the snake home and are cleaning the heat lamp, when out comes a :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r: roach, ye gross! i shook the the lamp and 4 more come running out, kill them all, we looked inside and there had to be about 20 of them, we through the lamp out, bought a new one, called the exterminator to make sure they were out of the house.

so in the end, the snake seems to be healthy, nice skin, ect. but one of his eyes looks a little off colored which i will get checked out,

we got him a whole new setup, so the 40$ turned into 150$.

im new to this ball python thing and have many question, lets start. First, the lady at the pet store said 1 furry a week, is this right? second, should i leave the basking lamp on 12 hours then the red one?? or do i need new lamps, im very cofused about the lamp part, third...when do i need to get a larger tank, the 15 gallon for now seems good.