New Ball

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Originally Posted by bigrich0086

his warm side is 93 dagrees and cool side is now 80 dagrees.when i put him in the tank he was only moving aroun for a bit then coiled up in the cirner. didnt move till night time and moved to the warm side and has been there all night. hes acting fine. dont seem stressed out at all . but like i said im adding more vines and stuff to make it look smaller to him and make him feel secure

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How much experience do you have with ball pythons? "Seeming" stressed out and actually stressed out is very subtle, not something that someone with their first ball python would be able to tell. The fact that you believe that a 55 gallon is an appropriate size for a baby that size, after experienced keepers have told you otherwise, speaks volumes to your actual experience level with python regius.

i have a amel corn snake also in a 55 gallon tnak and hes a hatchling doing very well eating very active. and the Bp is very active climping all over things at night time . during day time hes hiding.

A cornsnake is a colubrid, a ball python is not. A cornsnake reacts to things differently than a ball python. Cornsnakes are active hunters, ball pythons are ambush hunters. Ball pythons are very nocturnal, cornsnakes...not so much. Need I go on. You cannot take what works with one species of snake and automatically assume it will work with another species of snake.

As far as whether or not that very small snake in that very big tank is stressed. Stress isn't always immediately apparent with any snake but most especially the shyer ones like ball pythons. Sometimes stress can be as subtle as a slow decline as continuing stress can and will affect the snake's immune system. Stress and/or incorrect husbandry can and does kill many, many captive snakes every year.

You've been given some excellent advice from experienced keepers and have access to a lot of resources online for your own further education. It's up to you to make the right choices for this living creature you've committed to keeping.