My new Ball Python

Hi i am new on here i brought a ball python last tuesday he was born CB on 21/07/06 he is 19 inches long and 85 grams in weight. I have him in a 2ft vivarium the warm end is 91 and the cool end is 84. i have habistat thermostat and nighteye that drops the temp by 4 at night time for heat i am using one heat mat at bottom of vivarium and a reptile heater screwed to ceiling of vivarium. The humidity is 50% during the day and 60% in the evening. He has one hide at one end and a long log in the middle of the vivarium with a 2 inch water bowl in the centre. I fed him on tuesday as the man in the shop said on one fuzzy defrosted mice and i feed him again sunday evening on 2 defrosted fuzzy mice he ate all of these no problem.

Justed wanted to know if the above all sounds ok and if anyone thinks i should change anything. (This is my first snake so please tell me if i need to change anything.):taz:

It sounds good but, you may want to bump the warm side to 92-94* and 82-84* is fine for the cooler side. These tepms do not need to drop at night either. You should maintain a constant temp (as stated previously) 24/7/365. Breeding is another story though. The humidity should remain constant at 50-60% also, except when in shed (60-70%). You are on the right track, just a few suggestions. Do you have a picture yet? we're kind of obsessed with pictures LOL!

BTW, glad he ate F/T for you. You really only need to feed 1 time per week. I feed same day and time every week. It makes it easier for me to remember and he knows that day is feeding day already.

i cant get the pic on there its saying to larger pic

I also, forgot that you may want to invest in two identical tight/small hides for him. They like to be snug. Half logs are too open for BP's

i have just ordered two from the ebay today i read that earlier.
thanks for your help

Hi and welcome to BP.net! :handshake:


I think your setup sounds pretty decent. The only thing I'd really want to change is to get two really tight fitting hides...one at each end. A third one in the middle is nice if you have room for it. And the drop in temps at night isn't necessary. Otherwise, everything sounds really great...sounds like your BP has a great new home!

You'll need to use an image editing program on your own computer to resize the pictures, and then you can upload them to your gallery space here at BP.net and post them in threads. Look at the "Site Info" forum...there are some threads that are "stickied" at the top of the forum that tell how to do this. :)

I will try that now thanks

I use IrfanView. It's easy to use and free! Can't go wrong with free. Lol

http://www.ball-pythons.net/gallery/...3/DSCF0069.JPG

http://www.ball-pythons.net/gallery/...2/0/3/vic2.JPG

http://www.ball-pythons.net/gallery/...3/DSCF0070.JPG

Cute BP!


You'll have to resize the pictures before posting then...or use links to point to the images if you want to use oversized pictures. And you can post them all in the same thread if you want...just be sure to put a line-break between images so they don't line up side by side. :)

Very nice looking snake!

A couple of points in addition to what others have said -

One fuzzy mouse a week, in my opinion, probably isn't quite enough. Your snake should be able to handle hoppers with no problem, and move up to small adult mice when he reaches 100 - 120 grams. Basically a food item that is roughly the same diameter as the snake is at its widest point.

The other thing I wanted to mention is that you said you have a ball python. I noticed that you are from the UK. I don't think ball pythons are available there. You most likely have a ROYAL python. Not a problem, because they seem to be pretty much identical... same size, temperment, habits, colors, even all the same morphs. I don't think they can cross breed though, because every time a ball python is shipped from the US to the UK, it magically becomes a royal python, and a royal shipped from the UK to the US becomes a ball. Wierd how that works!!!

(Obviously, my royal/ball stuff is all in fun!)

Best of luck with your ball/royal python!!!!
Steve