Ball python not eating / Temp check please

Hi all... My ambient air temps an inch from floor usually read 79f down to 75f at the cool end. The floor temps range from 90f down to 75f across the cage? Had her a month and usually eats every week but not this week, I've changed viv and the ambient a are a little lower but floor temps are same?
thanks

How are you reading temps?

Hi... I've got two probes drilled through the viv sides stuck into the viv around an inch from floor, I get my floor temps with temp gun

Changing the tank up could be enough to throw her off.

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Originally Posted by KMG

Changing the tank up could be enough to throw her off.

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^^^This. Also, some are just finicky anyways. My male ghost has been an awful eater than all my others, since the day I got him. He lives in the same exact conditions as all my other snakes.

Yeah I guess so, I presume the ambient air temp will be higher inside the hides also? As she spends most her time in there, although she has been out on top/down the side of her hide quite a lot lately?

So are my temps acceptable from your experience ?

Are there poop or urates hiding in her hide? It's good if she's hiding a lot, if she's out more often sometimes they'll let loose in their hides and then won't stay in it :D

Your temps seem good, and you seem to be measuring them correctly.

They are within range. I try to stay within 77-82 for my air temp.

When you change things up they will explore as its new to them. Just let it get settled back in.

Yeah doing the best I can, she is my first snake, it's easy to get obsessed by temps and environment worrying if I've got it right. She usually poops in hide yes, but she hasn't been for two weeks now, I check regular

The only way I can up my air temps to low 80's is with bulb/ceramic but my humidity takes a real drop! She she shed last week and when I looked in the hide it was in lots of pieces, but she was moving around in there a lot so maybe she broke it up with all the movement I'm not sure. I think it's all off though which is the main thing

If your using a glass tank thick art paper or the like can be placed on the sides and back. This will give you 2-3 degree rise.

Using damp moss in the hides will help your sheds. During shed keep it damp and while not shedding dampen the moss and allow it to dry out before dampening again. This creates a micro-climate in the hide so your snake gets the humidity it needs.

The broken shed says it did not come off clean. You need more humidity.

Yes when she had blue eye I put damp moss in her hide she went in and shed in there didn't come out for a day or two, my new viv has 62% humidity which is better than previous 39% so maybe a better shed next time ! It was my air temp drop that worries me. It's a monk field wooden viv, with glass floor