Finally got her, Now what?

:confused: I just got my 1st bp friday. When i brought her home he was in the ball position in her tank for awhile and then started exploring for a bit. Today she wouldn't come out of her hide. Is this normal? My temp and humidity are good. She was in a little tub before, maybe the tank is weird to her????

If you were looking for a really active snake, a bp ain't it. :) They are perfectly content to do just about nothing. Plus it's going to take her a few weeks to get used to her new home. Even then, she'll probably still be a couch potato.

my ball spends 80% of the day (sometimes more) in one of his hides. sometimes he sticks his head out, but mostly just lives in there.

yea if you want a snake that makes your aquarium look like somethings in it go for a corn snake or possibly red tailed boa.

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Originally Posted by Kagez28

my ball spends 80% of the day (sometimes more) in one of his hides. sometimes he sticks his head out, but mostly just lives in there.

yea if you want a snake that makes your aquarium look like somethings in it go for a corn snake or possibly red tailed boa.

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But only after you get some experience. :) Balls are good starter snakes w/size and temperament. Sometimes picky/touchy w/eating issues and stressors, but they're good for a first snake. Boas can get VERY large (as vs. the ball or a corn) and sometimes their feeding responses and behaviours are aggressive.

Learn the right husbandry and establish good habits with your new pet, then when you're ready, you can move "up" to something like a BCC or BCI (boas).

The best thing you can do for your snake is leave it alone for the first week other then to check for water,urates,decfications or that it has shed.Don't take it out to play with it let it get used to its new home. After a week feed your snake if it takes it let it alone for 48 hours then you can start handling it for a bout 15 minutes a day.If it dosn't eat leave it alone for anohter week and try to feed it again repeating the process till it is eating.AS for being able to see your snake in it's home some of ours stay in there hide all day some stay out of there hide all day rember our day is there night time most of our snakes move about at night you can catch them doing so when you walk in the snake room late at night.Bp's are great pets just take your time and follow proper handling guidlines for your new pet taking into account snakes are not like cats and dogs and don't really need or want your attention much past feeding them and providing them with saftey,but within these guidelines they make great pets. Good luck with your new pet.

Yeah I never see my male sometimes i have to remove his hide to make sure hes still alive lol. My female on the other hand she is very active at night and will be out for hours trying to figure out how to escape her enclosure. But then again this happens at like 2 in the morning. My red tail on the other hand is content just curling up in the middle of her tank. She refuses to use her hide even though she is a new addition to my collection.

Some basic housing information might be of use here. What sort of enclosure do you have the snake in, what size, substrate, hides, temps on both sides, humidity. Then about the snake. Is this a new hatchling? A bigger snake? Did you just get it at the pet store or from a breeder or at a herp show?

She is in a 30 g tank. I'm using repti bark with two hides.91 on the warm and 82 on the cool, humidity is at 55%. I got her from a breeder who says she is almost a year.

That is good. Except the tank size. But pictures will always help best. So got any?

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This is the set up the log is out bc she just ate

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This is my girl sammy

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