i got my baby :)

Anyone got the sticky to glass tank set up? I forget where its at, help this guy out.
Ah, I found it
http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=32800

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Originally Posted by littleindiangirl

I still strongly recommend a digital thermometer / hygrometer. Go to walmart and buy one, they cost 11 bucks, and have a probe for the hot spot. 88-92, and ambient should be at 80-82. The humidity should always be at 55-60 percent, and 70-75 percent for shed.

If the person at the store talked you out of a digital one, he doesn't know what he's talking about, and I would stop asking for advice from them. They very much contradict the husbandry requirements as said by many experienced keepers here.

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I'm always amazed at what horrible advise pet store employees will give. Get the digital thermometer/hygrometer from Lowe's or Wal-Mart. It's so much easier and it takes the guess work out of it. All it takes is a quick glance as your walking buy and you know whats going on. You don't have to bend down, squint, and pary its accurate. My eye site isn't bad I just added the "squint" for affect. :)

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Originally Posted by Royalherper

I'm always amazed at what horrible advise pet store employees will give. :)

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Oh Gosh, ain't that the truth. My local pet shop carries reptiles. No UVB on the bearded dragons, dirty tanks for turtles, snakes in cramped quarters, the list goes on. Bought some rodents there and the new corn snake babies I got got sick: one had runny bum and the other did a regurge. Freezer burnt I think.

I have only found ONE pet shop who knew reptiles and now will only go there regarding my snakes.

ok thanks. yeah we realized they didnt know much of what they were talking about. we are solving all of this tomorrow. i still dont know what these little white things are.

EDIT: my snake like loves his hide, hes in it all the time, is it normal?

it is normal bUt what is the size of the enclosure?

if it is 3ft then it is too big for the baby bp

you could try puting a guard of some sort through the middle to make the enclosure smaller but i dont know if it would work any help ? :confused:
:D :) :P

Yes, ball pythons are very shy creatures. He's going to spend about 90% of his time in those hides, especially since he is in a new place and scared. Once you get all the stuff you need for your cage, just let the little guy settle in for a week, with no handleing or anything. That will allow him to get used to his new home, and make sure he is'nt all stressed out. For most balls, if they are out and roaming around all of the time, they are stressed and looking for a place to hide, so if he's using those, it's a good sign ^_^

yeah, a person there that actually knew what he was talking about came down to my house because the snake got a tiny woodchip stuck in the back of his mouth from the bedding and he was spazzing. he got it out with a q-tip.
he/she is still a little shaky, the guy said its probably just sore so let it rest for a couple of days without handling it.

how did he get the wood chip in his mouth? while eating?

im not really sure, it might of just got it stuck in there.

Okay if those bugs are from the bedding, toss the bedding you currently have in the tank and replace it with multiple layers of Viva paper towels. These are a very cloth like quality pure white paper towel you can find in just about any grocery store for under $2.00. Then you can easily see if anything else crawls off this snake and also easily collect a fecal sample when and if you need one.

The rest of the cypress, before you use it, should be baked though personally if I had seen evidence of bugs in it, I'd toss it and go with something like a nice fine shred aspen or a mix of aspen and baked cypress.

That tank has a lot of open space and will leave the snake feeling very exposed and spazzy. You can add in more cage furniture like fake vines (make sure to cut off any hanging loops and check for exposed wires), more hides, etc. You can also cover the outside of the back and sides of the tank with some black paper or decorative tank backing to give the snake more privacy. These are very shy, very nocturnal snakes that don't do well as a display type snake.

Get an Acu-Rite (about $10 plus a AAA battery). Those dial things are pure crap, I don't care what the pet store instant-expert said, they've been proven to be up to 10 degrees off which is not okay for a snake. Also, the whole sexing thing...snakes can be sexed by probing or popping at any age. A herp vet, breeder or experienced hobbyist knows this....your pet store person apparently does not. They also should have sold you two identical hides. If they knew anything about ball pythons they'd know that they can pick a hide they like and refuse to thermoregulate and use the other hide because it isn't the same.

Sadly, you'll learn as you keep snakes that most pet stores - with the exception of a very few excellent ones - know squat about snakes and will either tell you the wrong stuff or sell you things that are just basically a waste of your cash. Oh and they will tell you "the people on snake forums don't know anything". Tell them from me and my 21 happy, healthy snakes...they can kiss our butts. LOL