Hi, I'm Jeff. I've owned many reptiles over the years but nothing in the last 10 although I have missed the pleasure of owning a snake or 2. I was at a pet store the other day getting tags made for my cat and got into a conversation about the ball pythons that were for sale there. The manager told me about a bp that had been surrendered. The original purchaser was feeding this hatchling in his home container. It had gotten used to food being offered in his home and in turn started striking at it's handlers. I guess that was too much for them. I left and thought it over for a couple days. 2 days ago I returned to the pet store and asked about the surrendered baby bp. The manager brought him out and although he was a bit head shy at first, this little guy is a mellow healthy little hatchling. They offered to let me take him for half the price of their bps offered for sale and took an additional $10 off. Done deal. It's day 3 at his new home and he's not shown the slightest inclination of being a striker. I found this site to brush up on my snake keeping info and this site is great. Thanks for all of the info here.
As of right now I have him in a tub with a hide, a heavy water bowl, substrate of paper towels and an UTH. I've been closely monitering the temp of the UTH and have been unplugging it alot. I have a thermostat ordered along with a thermometer gun. I figured I'll unplug the UTH while I'm not home to monitor it (better to be slightly cooler than ideal than an injured snake or a fire) while I wait for the remaining setup supplies to arrive in the mail. His first feeding will be on sunday evening and he'll be fed in a separate feeding enclosure.
