Hello everyone!
My son has been begging for a snake for over a year now. Frankly I've never been much of a snake guy, (quite the opposite actually..) and have successfully avoided the purchase, instead we compromised and got him a leopard gecko earlier this year. Well he's done such a great job looking after his gecko that my wife and I decided to sign off on the snake.
We have been using an Exo Terra with great success for the gecko so I purchased the large wide model for the ball python. After much research on this site, we quickly learned that this was not the best of ideas due to humidity and temperature concerns so I've returned that and will be placing my order for an Animal Plastics PVC enclosure later this week along with a 65w RHP based on Bob's recommendation from ProProducts, trying to decide on the T8 and T10. In the meantime, we setup a 10 Gallon glass tank with a heating pad and a CHE each on a different thermostat and have foiled off about 1/4 of the screened lid to help maintain humidity. Temps and humidity seemed to be on point for several days, so last night we picked up an Orange Dream Leopard male ball python for his 10th Birthday. Got him from Outback Reptiles which just happens to be down the road from our home.
He seems to be adapting well to his new environment, even though it's killing the boy not to be able to handle him during this transition period.
Just wanted to introduce myself and thank you all for the invaluable information I've learned from lurking on this forum for the past few weeks. I would have been completely lost without this wonderful resource and all of you!
Just watching him for a few hours last night and briefly handling/inspecting him at the time of sale, I can already tell this little guy is going to change my opinion (and maybe even a little fear
Here's a quick shot of him exploring his new digs..
Thanks again!
-David
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