new questions...

so im sure these answers are somewhere in the forums but there are so many iits just easier to ask my BP buddies...
1. ok ive installed an acu-rite temp and humidity reader, my basking 90.3, my overall temp 83.1, and my humidity 63%. now here is the ????? should the cold side of the tank be the same as the overall temp or should it be colder???

The cooler side can be in the mid 80's it sounds good though thus far. As long as there's a warm side you should be good.

Yup, your setup sounds just about perfect. The cool side surface temps are going to be pretty well exactly the same as the air temps, and those are perfect. :)

Temps and humidity sound great low side being ambient temp is perfectly OK that is how mine are set up :P

awesome im glad to hear this is going in the right direction... im just waiting for my digital UTH to come so i can "set it and forget it". lol. now hopefully he'll eat for me this sat.

Yeah I got my new girl all set and hope she eats for me this weekend as well and yes I am posting a pic of her cause I think she is just that pretty :P

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...33122010_n.jpg

lol that's awesome dude...
so i was curious how often do BP shed??

Basicaly the shed when they want no real set time. Our normal has shed twice in 2 months but he is growing real fast. What I have read says 3-4 times a year as an adult. You get your little guy to eat yet?

gonna try today...

latest setup as i wait "patiently" to see if gambit eats his mouse...\
http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...7/new_tank.jpg
i put the water over a few of my daughters "lego" peaces so it would act as a hiding place too...:banana:

:(:(:(
left him for over an hour, in a tub in the closet so it would be dark... nothing... just left it there... im gonna leave it over night tonight in his reg tank... maybe he just dosnt feel comfortable in the tub

OK first question is now do you have a temp gun. Second question what is the temp of the mouse and are you touching the mouse before feeding at all. YOu may have a scent or temp issue. I wear latex Gloves the whole time trying to feed I scent them with rat bedding and use the temp gun to make sure the rodent offered is about 100F. If you dont have a way in your home to scent your gloves try asking a pet store for some left over rat or gerbil bedding. Latex gloves are pretty cheap. Hope this helps you out I am routing for you he will get it just takes a little time:please:

P.S. every animal is different I would not be to worried yet. Like I said our petstore normal took about 3 weeks before he started eating and he decided he didnt want to eat last night. But our new pied girl was hungry :)

yeah i actually use gloves when i handle the FT. but i dont have a temp gun so im not sure if its warm enough or not. i touch it and when it dosnt feel cold anymore i try to give him it.

your BP sounds new, did you give it enough time to acclimate before trying to feed? also i wouldnt try feeding them in a tub or try until they start eating for you, i did this and he refused to eat everytime. I now just put paper or paper towels in his tank on feeding day rather than feeding him in a tub.

yeah i left him in his tank for a week before trying to feed, ive had him for about 2 weeks,after he refused the 1st time i left him for another week. so this is the 2nd time trying in a tub...
im gonna try to get him used to eating with me then ill go to the tub, thx guys...

damn is this dude blind???
i tried to feed him in his tank, he went at it twice and missed both times... finally l left it in there hopefully i see nothing in the morning

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damn is this dude blind???
i tried to feed him in his tank, he went at it twice and missed both times... finally l left it in there hopefully i see nothing in the morning

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Perhaps its not warm enough, i recently feed my BP and he did defensive strikes and ignored it untill i made the mouse warm to the touch. also if he doesnt eat give him a week before feeding again or you could stress him out.

he finally ate yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay. i left it last night after trying again... he goes for it but then becomes frustrated when he dosnt grab it. but at least he ate it, so now i feed again next Saturday ...awesooooooooooooooome...:banana:

Grats hope our normal eats tonight he is picky

glad he ate dude i have got 2 ball pythons and both ate the same day i got them

never nu they were really that fussy at eating lol

so i was wondering how long after he eats will the mouse take to pass through? ive been looking everyday to see if it passed but nothing...

Our little guys takes 5-6 days and sometime he never does poop he will wait and give us a great big suprise after a coupel weeks:P

do i still feed even though he didnt pass anything yet?