New Ball Python

Frozen......I couldnt do the live thing (see above chair comment lol)
Right now he is in a ten gallon tank with a screen lid....here is the odd bit...I have two cats so right now I have books ontop if the corners of the lid to hold it on....just in case.....it is also sitting ontop of 4 hockey pucks because i dont want the heat pad to damage my furniture.
Found this set up on craigs.....what do you guys think??
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/for/380582666.html

Can't say I have ever seen a tank like that but with those vents it's rather nice actually. I'd likely cover the outside of the back and two sides with a decorative background to give the snake the maximum feeling of security (they can look really nice too). Here's what I mean with my daughter's Milksnake (pics taken when the milk was a baby).....


http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...ProudOwner.jpg

Jo,

your daughter should be on the price is right.... :)

the tank looks good, i can't really tell how big it is though. a good rule of thumb is you want the enclosure to be no smaller then 2/3 the length of your snake. so example: the smallest enclosure a 3 ft ball could live in would be a 2 ft tank. so if the tank is a good size go for it, but it might end up being to small and you'll have to upsize things later.

emailed the woman so hopefully she will write back and still have the tank available...if nothing else it looks like its cat proof....in an earlier post of the same tank she said that it was about the size of a ten gallon.
The one thing that I seem to be getting different info on is weather to feed the snake inside or outside its tank. Some people seem to feel that feeding it inside its tank will make then think that you are ALWAYS going to feed them when you stick your hand in the tank increasing chances of being bitten. And yet other websites say that you should feed your snake inside its tank so that it doesnt look for food when you take it outside its tank....any thoughts??
:carrot: <--just bought my puppy a toy carrot that looks exactly like this one hehe

LOL thanks Kev but right now she'd rather grow up and own her own Platty Daddy ball python. :D

The feeding in the tank causes biters is an old thing, bit of a myth. If your hands are in their reguarily cleaning, freshening water, gently stroking the snake or lifting it out for handling and if you haven't just handled a rodent, most snakes are not going to nail you. If you stick your hand in at a hungry snake lurking from the door of it's hide and wiggle your fingers, you might get bit and it would be your own fault LOL.

Personally with most of our 18 ball pythons you couldn't pay me to grab them and put them in a seperate tub to feed. By Wednesday afternoon (it's feeding night) they are all parked, primed and ready to nail dinner. No way am I grabbing 3,000 gram plus Miss Brannagh and moving her LOL. I'm not that brave!

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Originally Posted by erincristeen

i guess a cricket once in awhile (they had a pet frog too)

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Umm instruct them to please become members here before buying any other reptiles.We can give them the proper foods for reptiles with ease and tell them to slap whoever told them to feed it crickets.:P