hi everyone!!

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Originally Posted by lil_missy_8302

I'm FREAKING OUT!

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Calm down and take a nice, deep breath. There's nothing wrong here that a little education and patience won't fix. The snake isn't "broken" and you haven't done anything wrong.

A small rat is plenty for her to eat. If she's a really BIG ball python, then when it's time to feed her again, you can try somthing a little bigger. But seriously...a single small rat offered every 7 days is just fine.

If you get a lamp to heat one end...just pick one. And make sure she has a similar hide on both the "warm" side of the tank and the "cool" side. That way she doesn't have to choose security over the proper temps.

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Originally Posted by lil_missy_8302

I'm FREAKING OUT!

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dont freak out the best thing to do is stay calm its going to be ok

Sorry....I'm just awful nervous about this stuff... i wasn't a snake lover until I met her....now I just don't know what I'm doing, not like I ever planned on being in charge of her or anything.....I need to get her out of her tank and clean it though....and I'm also scared if she might be hungry what she'll do....I've just never seen her respond to my moving my hand around like that before.....YOU KNOW????

when did you change her encloser?

dont worry to much she is just curisy to whats going on smelling her enviorment or she could still be hugrry

I changed I about 8 days ago
well not her enclosure it'self but the location of it in the house....because it's not air conditioned upstairs.....so it's always 20 degrees warmer up there .

so what if she's still hungry?
do I dare try to mess with her? No offense but i prefer not to be bitten? I'd rather feed her.

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Originally Posted by lil_missy_8302

Sorry....I'm just awful nervous about this stuff... i wasn't a snake lover until I met her....now I just don't know what I'm doing, not like I ever planned on being in charge of her or anything.....I need to get her out of her tank and clean it though....and I'm also scared if she might be hungry what she'll do....I've just never seen her respond to my moving my hand around like that before.....YOU KNOW????

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I can understand where you're coming from. Really, I can. Just realize that you don't have to suddenly know everything there is to know and fix everything perfectly all in one day. From what I've read so far, it seems like the snake has been in less-than-ideal conditions for quite some time now. You've already taken steps to make things better by moving it into a warmer room. That's a great thing!

Take your time and read through this:
http://www.ball-pythons.net/modules....warticle&id=52

And then sit down and make a list of what you think you need to do in order to take care of her. Then make a plan for getting those things done one step at a time. You and she will be fine!

For now...just allow her to be active and explore. She's probably enjoying being warm enough to move around. Cleaning can wait another day or two until you're feeling more confident about what to do.

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Originally Posted by lil_missy_8302

so what if she's still hungry?
do I dare try to mess with her? No offense but i prefer not to be bitten? I'd rather feed her.

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if you do feed her give her a rat pup or something smaler then what you feed her but only this one time then just give her 1 lg rat a week