handling after eating

yea i would also get a digital indoor/outdoor thermometer and hygrometer (walmart for $12) to measure the temps. you put the temp probe on the hot side and the unit it's self on the cool side. it also has a hygrometer which will tell you the exact humidity.

and for the handling session, most of the time when they go crazy and try to get away they are usually stressed, thats when it's time to put them back. short 10-15 min sessions are probably long enough to start, then you can build up depending on how he/she reacts.

Where at wal mart are those at?

He didn't start getting wild until the very end of my session and once he did I put him back. He started trying to get away and when I reached over to grab him he kinda balled up a bit. So I knew my time was up. Total time was around 15 minutes.

Thanks for the help guys!! I really appreciate it. I don't know anybody with a ball so you guys are my source of knowledge.

just so you know, remember your body is at 98.5 degrees or so, if something feels warm to you it's probably a couple or more degrees higher than your body temp, don't judge by touch :colbert:

Well this morning I put his other bulb in. A 25 watt instead of his normal 40.

I'm gonna pick up that indoor outdoor thermometer today and see what's really going on in there.

Ok so I got the thermometer in there and his cage was all kinds of messed up. Haha

I got everything better balanced. Warm side hide is about 93 degrees. And cool side is around 81.

Humidity rock solid at 63%.

Do I need another kind of thermostat inside his cool side hide to monitor that?

I'm straying off topic. But maybe I can turn this into my ball python thread?

Held the little bugger again tonight. Went much better than last time. He just casually explored.

Temps and humidity are doin good too. I've been shooting pm's back and forth with Kagez28. Been a great guy.

I'm gonna get some thermostats to help me rest easier on the temps.

anything i can do to help. i was asking the same things many months ago.

So temps are much more stabilized. Ive got a Johnson a419 coming on Monday. Along with some flexwatt rich wired up for me! What a great guy to do business with.

He ate again yesterday again like a champ. But my question right now is. Why even with stable temps does he prefer to stay in the cool hide all day long?

He does come out and venture at night. But he never camps out in the warm hide.

He probably moves between the 2 hides a couple times a day, it's pretty hard to notice this switch unless you're watching constantly. Mine move around to switch sides all the time, I just don't notice it unless im going in to clean their cages or to handle them.