I'm new and I know what to do! (sort of)

Hey everyone! I have rescued my very own ball python and have had her for almost 2 years now. I am going to be building a new terrarium out of an entertainment center. I know ball pythons don't climb up much but I thought it would be fun and visually pleasing. I do have a lot of experience with many creatures and snakes being at the top of the list. I am from a rural area and there aren't many pet stores around so I'm a big fan of DIY projects. I have cared for snakes since I was around 10 when my dad remarried. His new wife had a couple breeds of large boas and a green tree python. I love adopting and found this girl in a pillow sack in a dumpster , how sad is that?! Shes in great shape, beautiful colors, eats large rats every three weeks and loves to be handled!

I hope to get a lot of use out of this forum! If anyone has a custom or DIY tank, send me a message with a picture. I'd love to get some ideas!

Steve

Welcome and best wishes Steve!

check out the DIY portion of this forum, I think you'll find plenty of ideas there.

on a different topic; your feeding schedule is unusual in the BP world. generally only the very largest of BPs is fed large rats. and feeding would be more frequent. try feeding a medium rat every 7-10 days.

here's the DIY link

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/forum...?125-DIY-Forum

I'e tried more frequent feedings and she just won't take it. The rats are more of a cross between a medium and a large without struggling at all. Sometimes she will take it at the 2 week mark but even then its a toss up. I keep her terrarium around 80-85 degrees and 55-65% humidity. I have a white halogen for daylight and ambient temperature and a red halogen for at night, a blue and white led so I can see her beautiful colors and a uvb that she occasionally basks under. my warm side contains a hide with a belly warmer and cool side contains a hide with no uth and water in the middle. She sheds around the 6 week mark on a regular basis and is always active and healthy so I haven't tried changing the feed schedule. I do use frozen and thaw them under warm water.

Welcome and enjoy your stay. :cool:

Our Ball Beetlejuice likes going vertical. He climbs a branch, he crosses over using a synthetic vine that crosses the cage. He's struck at food from elevated positions. Honestly we put the branch and vine in for aesthetics and it just turned out that he utilized them semi frequently.

How tall is youre terrarium? Im looking at going 3 to 4 feet tall and I really hope my girl utilizes all the space.

Never say never! My ball Marshall loves to climb... The one time he managed to escape his locked, supposedly secure cage and I found him 6 ft high off the ground on shelving units! Since then, I got him a tank 3' tall and 3' wide. He's almost always as high as he can get!


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