Ball Python Newbie

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Originally Posted by Don

I'd add a couple of hides (one for the cool side and one for the warm side) and follow gsarchie's advice on the heat. The thermostat is the most important piece of equipment IMHO and what you describe sounds like an on/off switch rather than a thermostat. If you have any questions after reading the care sheet, let me know.

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Hello and thank you for the responce. I definitly will add more hides.

It really is a thermostat that changes setting when night falls. That means it can change from maximum daytemperature to maximum night-temperature. I think its a cool piece of equipment.

Awesome about the humidity being fine, and congrats on being one of the very few users here from Europe and maybe the only one from Denmark. I know an infantry officer in the Army from Denmark and he's a great dude, so if you are anything like him then I'm sure that you are as well!

As for the vacation for a week, you should be fine. As long as the water dish holds at least half a liter of water and isn't over the heat source it won't dry up and your snake will actually probably enjoy a week without being messed with. :)

Thank you. I really want to do what is right for my snake.

But its really nice to know I can go on holiday.

I will make youtubes on how to handle it in danish. Looking forward to it. I will subtitle it and add it on this forum :-)

I find different answers to the question of nightdropping in temperature. Which is the right one?

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Originally Posted by Python_Regalis

I find different answers to the question of nightdropping in temperature. Which is the right one?

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You do not need to drop night temp for a single ball python that is a pet. In fact, I would recommend against it. The fluctuations in temperatures could cause a respiratory problem.

Thank you :-)

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Originally Posted by Python_Regalis

I would like to know. I am planning to go away a week for holiday. Is it absolutely nescecary that I get a babysitter for it or can it stay on its own? I am thinking mostly of the water supply.

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Usually, what I do when I go out of town for a few days is, I will feed them about 4 days before I leave. That gives them time to digest, and if any poop, I can clean it up before I leave, and on the off chance that one of them regurgitates, I can clean that up as well. A regurgitated rat is not something that you want laying around for a week. As for water, I just put in an extra bowl of water for each snake. If I am going to be gone longer than a week, then I will have a friend come over and check on them and change water. If you choose to have someone check on them, make sure that you show them exactly how to open, close, and secure the cage. You don't want to come home and find that your snake has escaped because the cage wasn't properly closed.

And :welcome: to BP.net...

That was awsome info. Thank you.

Here is the first picture of my Ball python

http://i46.tinypic.com/34rw2tx.jpg