ball python set up help

okay so i finally got my ball python today at the expo YAY! i got a male 09 pastel he looks amazing but the 10 gallon tank i got for him seems too small with the hides and the water dish he cant even touch the ground....any tips on what to do?! i feel bad he's in a new home and can barley move...:tears:

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If the BP is anything less than like 200 grams those hides might be too big. Also they like hiding so it's all good, really no need for space.
As a side note get some cork board or black paper of some sort. (If you want it pretty they they have fish tank backgrounds at petsmart). This will help him feel safer.

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Originally Posted by MitsuMike

If the BP is anything less than like 200 grams those hides might be too big. Also they like hiding so it's all good, really no need for space.
As a side note get some cork board or black paper of some sort. (If you want it pretty they they have fish tank backgrounds at petsmart). This will help him feel safer.

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but is it okay he can't touch the ground?

what do you mean by saying he cant touch the ground?.looking at your pic...it looks like he has a ground to lay on.:confused:

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Originally Posted by dembonez

but is it okay he can't touch the ground?

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how big is your snake, judging from your tank set up, just a baby. get smaller hides. keep your old ones ull need them soon enough

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Originally Posted by Ara

how big is your snake, judging from your tank set up, just a baby. get smaller hides. keep your old ones ull need them soon enough

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okay i got http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/7458/img0145q.jpgfor my corn snake but i thought its not big enough for the ball python if so tho the corn snake will be much happier in the bigger hide


im guess ill switch and see if he will fit if so problem solved!

one i as with every one i agree with smaller hides, big hides with do the revesrse of what they are intended to do.

so i gotta go out and buy new hides bah stores are closed lol gotta wait till tomarrow! :(

Those hides are too big. Just give him a hide on the warm side, no need for two hides. He will spend 90% in the warm hide

just fyi for fun...im a big fan of useing stuff you'd normally throw out for hides....it may help(just doesnt look great),old coffee containers(plastic ones),paper towl rolls,anything plastic or rubber pretty much, especially bowls...like butter bowls & also these are wonderfull for humidity chambers.

good luck with your new little one.:D

-jay

Make a hide alot cheaper :P

Grats on ur new baby :P Hope u like it :P and he likes u! haha

i dont seee any lights on your tank?? whats goin on??

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Originally Posted by Ara

i dont seee any lights on your tank?? whats goin on??

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Dont need lights. Belly heat is WAY better. Hes using a uth i would assume

Hides don't have to be expensive. I use plastic cereal bowls from the dollar store. They come in packs of 4 so thats 4 hides for $1! I just cut an opening in the side and they are ready to go :)

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Originally Posted by Kaorte

Hides don't have to be expensive. I use plastic cereal bowls from the dollar store. They come in packs of 4 so thats 4 hides for $1! I just cut an opening in the side and they are ready to go :)

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lol damn thats a smart idea haha

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Originally Posted by dembonez

lol damn thats a smart idea haha

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Haha yea or u can go to Home Dept/Lowe's/Walmart and pick up the water catchers that go under a pot and use that as a hide. Mine started to push it up so I bought 2 dollar plastic pots and just cut them to about 3-4 inches tall and perfect hide. Add a door of course.

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Originally Posted by dembonez

okay i got http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/7458/img0145q.jpgfor my corn snake but i thought its not big enough for the ball python if so tho the corn snake will be much happier in the bigger hide


im guess ill switch and see if he will fit if so problem solved!

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I have that exact hide for mine, which is about 24 inches right now. He curls up nice and tight inside it and seems to love it. If you get rid of one of the hides and throw in a branch with some fake leaves he should be pretty happy.