Tips For New Owners

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Originally Posted by tootteabugs

I want to start out on the right foot. Can someone please post a picture of what an enclosure should look like. Getting nervous and surely don't want to get in over our heads. Please tell me what you think I NEED to know prior to making a purchase of a hatchling...

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Try this thread on for size and let us know if you have questions after: http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...With-Pictures!

Happy reading!

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Originally Posted by Wyrd

Yes I did not get a thermostat before i got my first 2 snakes and did not sleep for 2 weeks pushing a light dimmer around chasing the natural temperature changes in any given day.

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:) That's not fun!


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Originally Posted by tootteabugs

I want to start out on the right foot. Can someone please post a picture of what an enclosure should look like. Getting nervous and surely don't want to get in over our heads. Please tell me what you think I NEED to know prior to making a purchase of a hatchling...

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Here is my Ball Python's enclosure:

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It features two hides on the warm side and cool side, a large water bowl (large enough for him to fit in comfortably), an artificial reptile branch (optional), Cypress mulch, a hygrometer, a thermometer, and a Zoo Med thermostat controlling a UTH heat pad. That's all you need. :)


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Also, it's a 40 gallon tank because he's an adult Ball Python. Hatchlings will do well in a 10 or 20 gallon tank.


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I have successfully kept all my ball pythons with the above advice, and maybe a couple changes, but I one thing I will add, and I think is very important. Get an infrared temp gun, that way you KNOW what the temps are in various places of their cage :)

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Originally Posted by BiggBaddWolf

I have successfully kept all my ball pythons with the above advice, and maybe a couple changes, but I one thing I will add, and I think is very important. Get an infrared temp gun, that way you KNOW what the temps are in various places of their cage :)

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I would recommend temp guns to. They are the most accurate way to get a temperature reading.



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