New Ball Python

you dont really need to change his water everyday. just make sure he has soom. he needs to be left alone for a week or two! like I said before they can go along time without food. and if he is going into shed he probably wont eat any way. my wont. to let you know when I got my bp she was about 1 yr old. the guy I got her from told me she only ate 3x in a year for him so you see they can go along time without food. she eats well for me 1 mouse 2x a week. and she has grown almost 7 inches and more than doubled her weight in 5 months. so the best thing to do right now is just leave him alone for a while and then start to handle a little at a time. if his eyes are blue and cloudy lookin or he looks real dull he is prpbably going into shed and you just really need to leave him alone . also there is some good info on this web site in the care sheets check them out it will really help and good luck!

Well he was in his hide just now and i figured i would put the mouse in fron of it and see if he would eat. It was less than 15 seconds that he bit it and started choking it. He got it down just fine and nows hes cruisin his cage like hes been there forever.

caesar congrats on the feed but why ask for advice from people who have alot of experience in this field and then not take it ? if you are just going to do what you want to ( and thats ok also) then why ask and waste the time of the people here who write you a reply. you got lucky on this one but maybe the next problem you wont! if you dont know what you are doing ( I know I didnt) then ask people who have the experience ( thats what I did) and learn from them. you can have all the knowledge in the world at your finger tips and if you dont use it then it's just your loss. sorry I dont mean to be kinda gruff but if you ask for help listen to the advice from people who know thats all. not to say that I know alot but I got alot of good info from this site , from adam at 8ball and matt at mgreptiles.com. I took there advice and it has always worked out just like they said. good luck and listen and learn your snake will tell you what it needs by how it acts. good luck

I have an uncle who has snakes aswell and while talking to him he said the only time they tried to bite him was when they where hungry. After talking to him more he said to try and feed him and that just putting the mouse in would not stress him out. Now im not trying to discredit adam or anybody here, I did research and chose what i thought was best. I do thank everybody who has put in there 2 cents though. Also who is going to seem more trusting someone you seen and know or someone thats online and you have no personal relationship with. I have seen my uncles snakes and all and know he takes good care of them.

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Originally Posted by Caesar-A-Squeeze

I have an uncle who has snakes aswell and while talking to him he said the only time they tried to bite him was when they where hungry. After talking to him more he said to try and feed him and that just putting the mouse in would not stress him out. Now im not trying to discredit adam or anybody here, I did research and chose what i thought was best. I do thank everybody who has put in there 2 cents though. Also who is going to seem more trusting someone you seen and know or someone thats online and you have no personal relationship with. I have seen my uncles snakes and all and know he takes good care of them.

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How about trusting David and Tracy Barker, Philippe de Vosjoli, and Roger Klingenberg, D.V.M ... they wrote a little book called "The Ball Python Manual" which is the single best selling publication covering the care of these animals in existence. They also work with multitudes of reptiles every day of their lives and have done so for probably a lot more years than you've been alive. The Barkers make their living by keeping and breeding ball pythons. Any guesses as to what they recommend?

But hey, I'm sure your Uncle knows what he's talking about. Good luck with all that! ;)

-adam

Im just going to leave it at this. There is no one way to take care of your animal, what might work for one person wont work for another. Now that doesnt mean that one person is right and the other is wrong in that case but i believe that one of the purposes of this forum is to discuss those differences. Now I asked a question I read everybody answers and even got some answer else where. In the earlier post I put to much on trust. I respect everybodys opinion and dont question it because of what i stated earlier. As for the book I have not read that but will look into it.