New BP owner - need help with temperatures

Thanks for the note, I think that would work fine. He didn't eat his week because his feeding day was the day we were to pick him up, so we will try this Friday. Also, here is a picture. His name is Eggnog. 😊
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...%2FGIxCyyr.jpg

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Originally Posted by Hootea

He moved the hides around to how he wanted them but he seems to like using them! He found out he could play in between them and was having a blast. .

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Your snake is using the "hides" because they are his only option. As you can already see, he is able to move them, which I strongly believe is a dangerous situation. Not trying to be a jerk, but offering advice with the animal's safety in mind.

No, I agree! We're going to be changing up the hide situation. We have them secured down for now so he can't move them anymore and they're in a position he likes but we still plan on switching it up. He uses both pretty equally so that we know is at least good, but we plan on getting some better hides soon for sure.

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Originally Posted by Hootea

No, I agree! We're going to be changing up the hide situation. We have them secured down for now so he can't move them anymore and they're in a position he likes but we still plan on switching it up. He uses both pretty equally so that we know is at least good, but we plan on getting some better hides soon for sure.

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Sounds good. Honestly, you're better off using empty cereal boxes or something similar for the time being though. I am just worried about those logs coming crashing down on the snake. You'd probably be surprised by their ability to find mischief as well as be surprised by their strength and clumsiness.

Also, please know I'm not trying to be a pest, just would hate to see a thread about an injured animal.

Definately fix the hides.. and consider covering the screen top w foil to hold in heat and himidity. Its hard to contain heat and humidity w the screen top not being covered.

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No worries! We're probably going to pick up new hides tomorrow as we're going to try his first feeding either tomorrow or Friday. So far he has knocked them down once- but they are really lightweight(thinner than the wooden hides I see in pet stores) so they haven't hurt him but I won't be taking any chances. I have heavy rocks on both sides of them now and they do not push or slide at all until we get new ones.
And yep! We have two lamps at this point to maintain each side so we're trying to figure out a setup where we can inset the lamps so that the humidity isn't dropping too often. Our house is relatively humid alone(50% before we even did mistings and the tank was empty) so we don't have too much trouble maintaining it at all. But we still are working on some topper for the tank to hold it in a little better. I have some aluminum covered cardboard I use sometimes if I know we'll be out of the house for too many hours.
I just wanted to report that things are going really well though- he hides all day in a varying hide, and uses both equally so that's good! He comes out around 7/8 for an hour or two like clockwork and them goes and lays back down. We see him out a bit late sometimes too so that's cool. Tonight he was laying inside his hide but had his neck out and kept laying in substrate outside of them and then poking his head up to look around and then would lay his head back down again.
We think he should be ok to feed tomorrow or friday because he's got a regular pattern and uses both hides really well and seems to be doing regular ball python things. He skipped last weeks feeding and was a good feeder before then so we think it will work out smoothly. He was eating live so we're going to leave him on that and maybe try to transition him to FT a few months down the line once we know we're completely good, just don't want to risk any bites or scratches on him from dinner!

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Originally Posted by Hootea

No worries! We're probably going to pick up new hides tomorrow as we're going to try his first feeding either tomorrow or Friday. So far he has knocked them down once- but they are really lightweight(thinner than the wooden hides I see in pet stores) so they haven't hurt him but I won't be taking any chances. I have heavy rocks on both sides of them now and they do not push or slide at all until we get new ones.
And yep! We have two lamps at this point to maintain each side so we're trying to figure out a setup where we can inset the lamps so that the humidity isn't dropping too often. Our house is relatively humid alone(50% before we even did mistings and the tank was empty) so we don't have too much trouble maintaining it at all. But we still are working on some topper for the tank to hold it in a little better. I have some aluminum covered cardboard I use sometimes if I know we'll be out of the house for too many hours.
I just wanted to report that things are going really well though- he hides all day in a varying hide, and uses both equally so that's good! He comes out around 7/8 for an hour or two like clockwork and them goes and lays back down. We see him out a bit late sometimes too so that's cool. Tonight he was laying inside his hide but had his neck out and kept laying in substrate outside of them and then poking his head up to look around and then would lay his head back down again.
We think he should be ok to feed tomorrow or friday because he's got a regular pattern and uses both hides really well and seems to be doing regular ball python things. He skipped last weeks feeding and was a good feeder before then so we think it will work out smoothly. He was eating live so we're going to leave him on that and maybe try to transition him to FT a few months down the line once we know we're completely good, just don't want to risk any bites or scratches on him from dinner!

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You prob know this but it's generally better to feed in the evenings ..


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