New BP Acting Strange?

I waved my hand around trying to see if he'd respond but he didn't even look, instead he moved further back in a corner and continued staring up in the same direction atop his hide not even moving anymore even if my hand moved up and down. Hopefully nothing is wrong with him and he's just stressed but I was worried he might have something wrong with him pertaining to sensing.

Edit: Would you suggest I turn off the heatpad or the heat light overnight? I still don't have the night bulb and it's 6:58 PM so I can't get it now.

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Originally Posted by Sogeking

Tomorrow morning I'll head out and get the night heat bulb and as for a thermostat I might have to order it online if I REALLY need it.

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Do this the other way around, get the thermostat first. You can get one at Home Depot or Lowe's, somewhere like that. It doesn't have to be some fancy expensive one as long as it works. Once you have that, the heat pad can be left on all the time. You don't need to leave the heat light on over night as long as you have a functioning regulated heat pad.

But the heat pad is just on the small hide for it to warm up therefore it only heats up half the tank. I'll try to see how cold it gets with the lamp unplugged starting now, but if it goes under 75 I'll probably have to plug it back in unless he's directly on the heat.

I won't actually keep the light off though I just want to test this if I do get the thermostat first.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/AcuRite-L...SA1/100659740#


That is a cheap digital thermometer for you to use, sticks to the glass and you can easily read it from the outside.


you need a controller for your heating pad, regardless of how small it is. Temps on the glass can get in excess of 115 degrees, which is terribly harmful to your Ball Python. Don't discount the fact that your Python can push through the bedding and lay down directly on the glass.

Air Temp in my tank right now is about 82° degrees but the heating pad area has a temp of about 87° (1/2" - 3/4" of reptibark). And my basking spot is around 90° on a branch surrounded by plants.

Your humidity is important also. Low and High humidity can cause problems just as severe as over heating. Don't over look it.

Would I just put it on the right side of the tank closes to the heatpad? I do have something I can put there to check but I don't understand how that will exactly help.

http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/ma...-0429123p.html

The heat pad:
http://www.petsmart.com/product/inde...AvailInCA%2FNo

I should tell you the snake seems really saggy/squishy and not lively it's kind of sad. I really think I just have to leave him alone but knowing his conditions aren't perfect it's hard to. I can't tell if he needs more heat or less and if he needs more moisture or less moisture.

Is he dehydrated by any chance and if so should I spray his body or place him in his water dish? I was told he was fed last Tuesday so he can't be hungry.

Sorry for the multiple posts can't edit old ones now and I can tell this entire thread is bothering you guys.:(

I found when I got my first snake,I had everything set ,but only took a month or so,before I found out exactly what works.

OP,it's not that complicated,just don't over think everything. Through reading here on this forum for a while before joining,ppl to tend to go above and beyond and make things out to be very complex and if your new it's over whelming when it comes to husbandry.

different seasons,will require prob diff watt bulbs,adjusting heat etc,little extra steps to keep humidity up. I recently had to move my tanksThin my bedroom due to the cold weather and although I turned my heat up,no rooms get as warm as my bedroom.

do your own expirementing,switching bulbs and watts etc...no one here can give a answer to what works exactly based on your set up,you have to figure it out yourself.

Although the basics like keeping humidity 40-60 on the regular and keeping a warm side of 86-90 and a warm spot of an avg of 90 is a must as well as bumping up humidity come shed time...it all depends on how you keep your room or home or where you live or what the seasons are like etc...

Dude,I'm reading all your posts and you are driving yourself crazy,lol....

here it's simple...

-keep a warm side of 86-90, don't stress the cool side,cause if you keep your hot side 86-90 your cool side will naturally always be 8-10 degrees cooler. So just worry about your warm side.

-keep your water bowl in the center of the tank,in between the cool and warm side.

-keep your heat pad on the warm side and set it at around 90-92 . UTH heats a sp,that's all it does,just heats one spot where the mat is applied .


- keep very wet rags ( I prefer to use like 3 rags and make them very wet) and keep it covering 75% of the top of the tank. That will help with you humidity,mist as often as needed. As long as u maintain 40-60 % humidity on the ye and 60-80% humidity during shed!you will be fine.

- set your hygrometer in the center of the tank,few inches up from the bottom.

this in basically how my set up is..they eat regularly and shed in one piece. It takes a bit of effort during shed time,but no big deal,only a few mins extra a day


its as simple as that man. Don't drive yourself crazy.

all I monitor is my warm side ,my hot spot and humidity. Not hard to do.