First thread, first ball.

Hi everybody! My name is Franes, im from La Coruña in Spain;

I have been reading and learning for a couple years in this and other great forums and two weeks ago i made my first pick up, its a male normal baby ball python, near two months old now.
I know, i know, nothing amazing here but for me its the beginning of a long way...hahaha!
He is a gift from a great local breader, a great guy by the way, besides giving me the python for free, he have provided me of food and bedding for this little guy that is going to last for a couple months...(sorry for my english skills...) He was feeding on live hoppers but since he arrived has been eating unfrozed with no problem, great appetitte here!

One small curiosity is that the sir of the clutch on this small fella is a fire from Mike Wilbanks; Here, thousands miles away...:)

Here is Bamba in his provisional set up, inspired on tub set up tutorial finded here ( no water bowl since i was changing water when i decided to take the pictures)

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:welcome: to BP.net. Cute little one you have. Love the picture of him poking his head out of the tube. Watch out cause ball pythons are very addicting.

Welcome to the club! Nice little guy you have there! :D

Bienvenido! Little guy looks cute.


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Welcome. He's a cutie :)


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Congratulations on your first Ball Python. I do have a question regarding your setup however. Is that a temperature probe in the first picture inside the tub next to your Ball Python? If so, I am not sure how you have it setup exactly but I really don’t think that is the best placement for a temperature probe. Anyone else want to chime in on that in case I am overlooking something?

Of thats the thermostat probe it should really be between the tub and the heat mat, not inside the tub.

Cute guy! You are going to love him!

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Thanks everybody for the welcome! sure im enjoying with him here.

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Originally Posted by boyer.michael.s

Congratulations on your first Ball Python. I do have a question regarding your setup however. Is that a temperature probe in the first picture inside the tub next to your Ball Python? If so, I am not sure how you have it setup exactly but I really don’t think that is the best placement for a temperature probe. Anyone else want to chime in on that in case I am overlooking something?

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Thats the termohygrometer (right?) probe in there, ive taked the idea on vypyrz tutorial on this web site, besides ive seen the breader facilities and this is the way he put the probe on every cage.
By te way, i use a low watt thermal cable under all the tub, distributed the way i can get the right temps on both sides, the termohygrometer probe on the cold side. I use an Habistat dimming thermosthat with the probe under the tub between two lines of cable on the hot side.
The thing is that the weather here is terrible, and ive probed different heat matts and it was impossible to get correct temps. Besides the ambient humidity is higer than 70% and my rented house is very cold and humid 3/4 parts of the year.
So i had to make a lot of test before this guy came, now i think it must be working well, fingers crossed :)
Thank you for the advices, i really want to do all rigth whith the litle boy, in fact, whit the money spend on get this tub finally working well in every way, i might get a morph, but the important thing to me is that he is doing well :D

Ha, I see you also enjoy the towel rolls :gj:!

I threw one of those in with a picky feeder, and she started feeding afterwards! They love those things :P! I'm surprised more people don't use them haha. I have a few who seem to enjoy hiding their faces in there for sleeping. I collect 'em now :gj:.

awh, congrats on your new guy! You got some really nice shots!
Noow I feel like taking a million pix of mine lol
I never knew you could add towel rolls in their enclosures. I'm stocking up :]

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Ha, I see you also enjoy the towel rolls :gj:!

I threw one of those in with a picky feeder, and she started feeding afterwards! They love those things :P! I'm surprised more people don't use them haha. I have a few who seem to enjoy hiding their faces in there for sleeping. I collect 'em now :gj:.

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Yes! he loves it!
I dont know where i did read it about first, but it seems logical if the live in litle caves and holes in the wild.
In the forum i use daily here in spain, a lot of people comments they use it with hatchlings and babys, even young balls.

Again, sorry for my english.:oops:

Franes.

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Originally Posted by luvepriscilla

awh, congrats on your new guy! You got some really nice shots!
Noow I feel like taking a million pix of mine lol
I never knew you could add towel rolls in their enclosures. I'm stocking up :]

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Thanks! :)

He loves these rolls and it makes him feel secure cause the tub is little bigger for him, so he fits into.
in the tub he is very calm but if i take him out he cant stop a second ( tame anyways) so the best photos i can get are these.

Franes.

Welcome and congrats on your first!:banana: I'll bet he won't be your only one for much longer......
Your English is excellent, and completely understandable. :D

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Welcome and congrats on your first!:banana: I'll bet he won't be your only one for much longer......
Your English is excellent, and completely understandable. :D

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Thanks for the compliment :D
is amazing the amount of vocabulary related to the world of reptiles that I have learned last years, throw this forum and others ive been reading in english, I would love to have the same level in other fields hahaha!

Franes.

Congrats! Welcome to the site and the hobby! He's very cute! If you have any issues getting him to eat you can fill the tub with crumpled newspaper to help fill in the empty space. That's what I do with any young bps.

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Congrats! Welcome to the site and the hobby! He's very cute! If you have any issues getting him to eat you can fill the tub with crumpled newspaper to help fill in the empty space. That's what I do with any young bps.

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Thank you for the advice, i will keep it in mind, but , til today im very happy with him, the breader was feeding live hoppers, but since the day he arrived, (3 days later :D) he is eating unfrozed and dont miss a meal.

today was feeding day and his little belly is full. :banana:

Franes.