Getting a BP On SAT

Ok so i have a very pissed off milk snake that i am trading/swappingb for a bp... So I just want to know is theres anything i need too know and i have some questions... first i have looked at the snake and i like it just one thing on bps are there tales always big then get really small at the end....its a girl bp by the way...What temp/hum should the tank be...its a 3 year old and i have a 20 gallon is that good....can i feed it frozen food because i h8 live....what substrate is best...i use like a wood bark stuff....how long do i let it sit in its new house till i take it out....what size mouse should i feed it at this age....what to stay away from to keep them from getting mean....and what should i name it.....thanks alot....:banana: lolb

Who wants to take this one? ;)

I would look at the care sheet for ball pythons. THIS site has one.

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

After you read this, feel free to ask whatever you think is not covered there.

bps are there tales always big then get really small at the end...how long do i let it sit in its new house till i take it out....what to stay away from to keep them from getting mean....:banana:

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Originally Posted by Ace159

bps are there tales always big then get really small at the end...how long do i let it sit in its new house till i take it out....what to stay away from to keep them from getting mean....:banana:

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yes for the tails.
1 week for chillin in the new environment.
treat it well, feed it well, love it :love:

To your first question Yes.
Question two. I'm not handling mine until it eats unless I'm putting him in his tub to get him to eat and routine health inspections.
Question three... Don't drop it or drop something like a hide on it. Don't pick it up during pre shed and shed etc, I think this site has alot of info on acclimation of your new bp to it's new home.

Read the Caresheet on this site and that should answer alot of your questions

one week....damn i want to hold that thing bad

A 3 yr old should probably get a rat-sized mouse :)

Just out of curiosity, why do you hate feeding live?

i dont like watching or sending a mouse to its death i no i buy them dead so it dosnt matter but its just not me even though i feed fish to my fish

I can understand that. The first time I bought a mouse for a snake, I felt awful the whole way home, listening to it in the box. Same with the first time I fed a rat last week.

Both times, I quickly remembered that it's the natural order of things. I eat burgers, snakes eat rats :) (I don't mean that as an argument that you should feed live, just why I don't mind).

BTW, you know that adult BPs are either rat or multiple-mouse eaters, right?

yea...im prob going to go wit multiply forzen mice

20 gal isn't really adequate, you'd need a 30L or a 40 for a female, they get bigger then males


also don't hold them for the first week, might hiss and get stressed

wow i might go wit the male then.....i really dont want to get a tooo big snake