Im new at this...I have a few questions..

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Originally Posted by The Serpent Merchant

it is a normal Ball Python, what do you mean where it's from?

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Oh I don't know I figure it was from overseas or maybe it had a sub ball python species of some kind I don't know.Just curious

well there are 3 options. it was wild caught in Africa, they found his egg in Africa and they brought it back here before it hatched, or he hatched from an egg that was laid by a breeder here in the US.

there a tons of "morphs" of ball pythons. these morphs are genetic mutations that change the colors and or pattern of the snake. What you have is the standard wild type aka normal Ball python. if you want to see other morphs check out this site

http://www.worldofballpythons.com/morphs/

*I say he for simplicities sake.

what is a propper red bulb wattage?

I've been told 75 watts was good but some may use something different.

For a ten gallon in a room that isn't extremely cold or hot a 75 watt infrared bulb should work.

Just read threw this post and thought I would give a little advice :)
He may not be eating because he doesnt feel secure My little normal guy was a dificult eater at best until I Covered 3 sides of his tank. I started with a nice looking aquarium background and then covered some cardbaord with foil tap and attached it all to the outside of the tank like so

http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-...83841836_n.jpg

This did 2 thing one it made my little guy feel a lot more secure. Secong it helped insulat my tank and stabilized my temps a lot. For humidity I purchased a peice of Plexiglass and cut it to fit the top of my tank and drilled a few holes in it like so

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos...64496118_a.jpg

The foil tape also reflects some heat back in and my temps are great in a 69f room they hold at 79-81 cold and 89-91 hot. Hope this help you out and keep us informed on how he does