New owner, New to site!

I have been a member of this site for about three days now and I have really enjoyed looking through all the pictures, and the vast amount of information that you all have! Thank you! Today I brought home my first Ball Python and I am very excited. I have an under the tank heater, a 75watt light, a larg water dish, one hide box(for now) and a digital hydrometer, and thermometer in one. I am using this jungle bark/dirt stuff for bedding I bought from the pet store. Is there anything I am missing, or could add to help me, or my new Bp? Any input would be greatly valued!
Thanx!
Zach

Did you get a chance to go through our caresheet yet? If not, here's the link.

Ball Python care sheet

Oh and welcome :)

Welcome to the site!

Welcome, Zach!!! :handshake You'll love it here! PPl are so friendly and helpful and the snakes are beeee-yooou-teee-ful!!!


RuLyn

Thankyou for the welcome. I will definitly take a look at that care sheet.

Thanks
zach

Hi there :) I'm still relatively new here myself.

I posted a message under one of your messages further up the page (I hadn't gotten to this one yet) talking about two hide boxes - I see now you intend to get another anyway - so, sorry bout that ;) - anyways, have fun here - the people are really nice and friendly with lots of really good advice - don't know what I would have done without them!

Yes everyone so far has been great, and I would agree this is an awsome site! Today I fed Justice for the first time! I put the mouse in a plastic bin, then I held Justice for just a few min,(I know I am not really supposed to be holding him yet and I have been pretty good I promise) and put him in the bin also. He circled the bin like a shark and went right up to the little mouse and just tagged it, and swallowed it down! It went perfect! I put him back in his cage after a couple of min to let his meal seattle, he streached out for a while and then retreated to his hide. He is just too cool!

congrats on him eatin mate

You are off and running! I agree this is a great site, with alot of info. available. Thanks to everyone for all of the input, I thuoght I knew quite alot but the more I read the dumber I feel!


Pax
Cujo

Congrats on the feed! Now just remember ABSOLUTELY no handling for 48 hours!

Oh and Cujo, don't feel bad. That exactly how I felt when I joined. ;) I though I had the research down, but with so much variety in the information available I kinda just took it all in and averaged it out. So I was slightly off when I got started, but with the advice on this forum I got straightened out in no time. :D

Oh heck I bet Kara, Adam, Joe are still learning about ball pythons every darn day too LOL.

Part of the fascination of snakes is their uniqueness and their "secret lives" I think.


~~Jo~~

I agree. I don't think keeping snakes would be half as much fun if we weren't learning new things constantly!

Thanks Tigerlily. This really is a great site with alot of info available. I am also impressed with how everyone handles themselves on-line. I know that sometimes people can be, how shall we say, expressive, when not speaking face to face.


Pax
Cujo