Is this a normal ball or is she special? (:

Tanks are so open as to cause ball pythons to stress out, especially if there are dogs and cats and kids running/walking by it constantly.

Covering 3 sides of the tank will help your snake feel more secure. :)

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Originally Posted by sarahlovesmiike

BPs don't need to soak. They only do that if they have mites, so it's a good thing she doesn't. What's your set up like? If there's a lot of open space she might have security issues.

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Ball pythons will soak in water. If a BP is soaking, it doesn't mean that they have mites. They will some times soak when it's time to shed if they feel like it.

Sometimes ball pythons will soak in a water dish because it feels secure on all sides like a hide.

The suggestions are good ones, especially covering the 3 sides of the tank, and covering the top to help keep in humidity. A humid hide is a good thing for reptiles in tanks. You can also make one from a tupperware style container(like a plastic shoebox) with a hole for a entrance and the damp peatmoss.

The moss should be damp, not wet. Squeeze the soaked moss until it stops dripping water and you should be good.

How did you know she was constipated? Just wondering if there was some sign, or if you just noticed she hadn't pooped?

Oh dear - fuzzies for a 2 year old? I've got hatchlings eating fuzzy rats as their first meal. I would guess that her striking is from hunger. :(

I have babies WAY smaller than your snake looks in the pictures from when you first got her that are eating adult mice. If she is two years old and snappy it is because she is hungry! :D

I second the notion that you need to increase what you are feeding her. More hides plus covering the sides and back of your tank with black foam-core board will help a lot too. :D

I hope you decide to keep her, she is beautiful. :D

It looks like a nice reduced pattern normal.

As to the soaking, both of my BP's have never soaked in water. The only reason I can think of a BP doing so it because they are either too hot or the humidity is too low and they need to get wet to help themselves shed.

Fuzzies do seem small for a 2 year old. I have a male Spider that just turned 1 year old this month and he's up to Adult Mice already at 440g. My 2 year old female Normal is eating full sized Adult rats. She's a big one though, already at almost 1,700g