New BP and new to BP's

Hello All,
We are the new proud parents of a gorgeous baby-ball!
We've named her (?) Abbey for reasons that will be apparent later.

First, as we are new to BP's- Check our setup.
She's in a 30x13x13 tank with limo tint on both ends and the back with a firmly clamped screen top. A temporary 10g repti-carpet, and a kitchen towel for substrate (lol) Large twisted grape vine and fake greenery and 2 identical hides warm/cool and a UTH on one end 90-95, cool side ~75. Having a little difficulty warming the cool end.

We got her Wed-evening, and Friday I took her to our herp-vet. The vet commented that she was very uncharacteristicly outgoing, curious, and friendly. Described her as "A real ambassador for her species" LOL. She didn't even throw a fit when Doc was looking in her mouth. After the exam Doc put her down on the table and she oriented, and came right to my hand. (proud mom moment) :D Oh, and aside from lack of fecal, she's 5x5! yeah!! :clap:

Got half a dozen Fz.fuzzies on the way home, and thawed a couple out, thinking she might eat (yeah I know- they usually want to settle for a week or so... but)

Well, she's a weirdo-ball, she readily ate both F-T fuzzies, and curled up under her grape vine to nap it off. So you can see why we chose her name. She is a super sweet snake.

Here are a couple pics.
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...Ball/Abbey.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...l/48_hours.jpg

she even looks like a lil sweetheart:)


and welcome to your new home away from home :D

That towel will stink to no end, good news is you can use newspaper as substrate! Congrats on your purchase. This is an addicting hobby, don't expect this to be your only snake!

Also, be sure to read this caresheet and get your husbandry down or you will find yourself with an unhappy snake that does not eat.

http://www.ball-pythons.net/modules....warticle&id=59


Don't be afraid to ask questions. Also, remember to use the search button, there are thousands of threads here and chances are someone else may have had the same question. Enjoy your stay!

I think there was some instances of snakes (although I think they may have been retics) swallowing a towel that was left in the enclosure. I'd ditch that kitchen towel, and use simple newpaper or paper towels.

Congrats on your new bp, and welcome to the forums.

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1.../welcome41.gif

I am sure you have already read some of these...but here are some links to caresheets by respected breeders....


http://www.ball-pythons.net/modules....warticle&id=59
http://www.newenglandreptile.com/CareBall.html
http://www.kingsnake.com/ballpythonguide/
http://www.anapsid.org/ball.html
http://www.vpi.com/publications/the_...hon_care_sheet
http://www.8ballpythons.com/journal/caresheet.htm

Thank you thank you Everybody

The towel is a Very Temporary measure.
Going to go get appropriately sized R-carpet today.

She's only been in this enclosure for about 16 hours.
And I made sure to hold the mice well off the floor. She was climbing around on the grape vine (I think looking for prey...) and she hit them both about 6" off the floor, so I wasn't too worried. :)

She is currently curled up in the dark/warm corner, I think sleeping. Body curled, head/neck extended out a couple of inches.

Congrats! AND WELCOME! She's a pretty girl, and it sounds like she's happy to have you too! :sunny:

Oh, and another question.
What 'color' is she??

She's pretty, and she looks like she was enjoying her appetizer! She can easily take a hopper or small mouse at her size. A pink like that won't provide much nutrition to her at her size.


Congrats on the new girl!

it was a fuzzy, and she got 2 of them.
I'm going to switch to hoppers next round.

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Originally Posted by Starghoti

Oh, and another question.
What 'color' is she??

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A very nice looking wild morph (normal :P). Just a little heads-up; any ball py thon morph besides a normal will cost $150-200+, and those are the cheapest ones. It gets up into the five-digits, and I believe that the black eyed leucistic ball is $200,000 maybe?

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Originally Posted by Starghoti

Oh, and another question.
What 'color' is she??

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She looks like a pretty, light colored 'normal' to me... So cute. Welcome and congratulations!

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Originally Posted by Starghoti

Thank you thank you Everybody

The towel is a Very Temporary measure.
Going to go get appropriately sized R-carpet today.

She's only been in this enclosure for about 16 hours.
And I made sure to hold the mice well off the floor. She was climbing around on the grape vine (I think looking for prey...) and she hit them both about 6" off the floor, so I wasn't too worried. :)

She is currently curled up in the dark/warm corner, I think sleeping. Body curled, head/neck extended out a couple of inches.

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that repti carpet will start to stink too, just a forewarning

Ok- I'll be more precise.
We now have Two appropriately sized carpets for her viv.
One to wash, one to wear.. LOL (I already have Nolvasan, and of course bleach)
She actually came out of her hide last evening and wandered around for a bit. Then went back into a corner and relaxed again.
When I got up this morning (0330 - Yeah I get up very early. :firstcup: To prep Dragon salad, and make sure our menagerie is fed/clean/happy before I go to work.) she was half in her warm hide and half draped around the vine on the edge of the warm/basking/night zone. She looked quite content just draped there head resting on vine. She even turned her head a bit and flicked her tounge at me when I came into the room. And of course resumed resting.. ;)

WooHoo
Found a source (MUCH cheaper than petco!) for Mousecicles!
CO2 killed and flash frozen, 25 for $19 Yeah!
Locally raised by a "snake guy" and seal-a-meal Vac-packed. I'm SOOO happy.
Hated paying $5/3pack at petco. SUCH a ripoff. And I couldn't see paying $35 shipping (di) online...
LOL- I'll just have to individually pack them when the hubby isn't looking ;)

Oh and Abbey is doing very nicely thus far. She's finding several places/ways to 'hide' And she comes out occasionally to check things out.

Take care y'all, and thanks for any/all advice.

:welcome: Aboard!


Glad to have you! I see by your info you're in the WV. Awesome!! Whereabouts if you don't mind my asking????? Maybe we're neighbors! :D:sunny:

For your FT fuzzies, are you talking mice or rats? You've referenced mousecicles......... If you're close, I breed and euthanize various sized rats for our pets................

RuLyn