THUNDER... feel tha THUNDER... My snakes name is THUNDER!!!

[Phillydubs]

Thanks for the Info calm. I actually pulled it. I gave it a go and it was stressing me and maybe him as well. I’m an aquarium guy too!!

i just stuck a lot of suction plants to the back and he’s been all over them so seems like a good compromise.

[Phillydubs]

lol i was totally singing that song while reading your thread title.

congrats! welcome to the Banana Cinny club!

i love his flames, the blushing coming up from the belly between the side pattern. u got a good one.

Finally someone gets my cheesy title !! Lol

you will never be able to sing the original again!!

you have a cinny nanna...? Can I see yours please ? Thanks for the kind words.

[Ax01]

lol i was totally singing that song while reading your thread title.

congrats! welcome to the Banana Cinny club!

i love his flames, the blushing coming up from the belly between the side pattern. u got a good one.

Finally someone gets my cheesy title !! Lol

you will never be able to sing the original again!!

you have a cinny nanna...? Can I see yours please ? Thanks for the kind words.

u can see some bb pix of him here: https://ball-pythons.net/forums/show...6-Puggles-here!

he's bigger now of course. imma try to remember to post updated pix.

[Phillydubs]

u can see some bb pix of him here: https://ball-pythons.net/forums/show...6-Puggles-here!

he's bigger now of course. imma try to remember to post updated pix.

Wow! What a stunner !! My my my. Awesome ! Thanks for sharing !


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[Phillydubs]

Good evening all and happy Friday !

so Thunder seems to be settling in or so it seems...

After his day and a half / 2 day roam around the cage and figuring it out he seems to be settling in to a routine.

I swapped out the 3d back with a ton of suctioned plants which he seems to love. At night he’s all over them and loves to hang out on them and bake...

i also added this big fake yet very real looking stump that has a lot of
loops that he has really taken to as a chill place for him.

Im a bit worried about my temps and the fact that he doesn’t seem to want or use the under belly heat area or that hide. Feeling that the hide I had there was too big or open I went and got a smaller one that’s tighter for him.

The hot side and hide is right around 89-90. Up in the trees and under the heat lamp about the same. Ambient temps seem to be 77-79 and fall a bit at night.

When i heat gun the cool side and that hide its sometimes as low as 73. Yet he seems to stay in the cool side all day. Should I be worried about that? At night he’s back up in the trees baking away and seems to love it.

He has has many options of heat and temp but this seems to be his routine. I’d have to imagine if he needed heat he’d find or use the hot hide, right?

Should I change something or let it be if that’s how he prefers it ?

[Ax01]

he seems to be themoregulating between the cool hide and the plants to warm up and cool down, so he sounds like he's doing fine. that's just a beep being a beep. we try to give them the best and sometimes they're like Nah, imma do it my own derpy way. just be glad your BP has grown attached to a moldy, cardboard box hide. anyway i think in time, he will figure out it would be easier to thermoregulate between the hot and cool hides.

Edit: what sneakers do u have BTW? i'm trying to get into it. i have a fresh pair of '16 Ken Griffey Presidential's.

[Phillydubs]

Thanks it sounds so. It seems like he has his own routine or maybe he’s just a climber and doesn’t realize what type of snake he is and he’s a want to be tree boa or something!

I have a ton of kicks I’m a huge sneaker head and have been into and collecting sneakers since I was probably 10 years old. I just got the cement Jordan threes that retroed with the Nike air on back Saturday

[Phillydubs]

So today is day 5 with thunder. His routine seems down pat by 830-9 am he’s back in the cool hide after roaming, climbing and baking all night long...

Would anyone suggest offering food tonight ? Or should I wait until Tuesday his one week anniversary?

Since he seems very active in the evening should I thaw and warm the mouse and just leave it right outside his hide for him?


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[dakski]

So today is day 5 with thunder. His routine seems down pat by 830-9 am he’s back in the cool hide after roaming, climbing and baking all night long...

Would anyone suggest offering food tonight ? Or should I wait until Tuesday his one week anniversary?

Since he seems very active in the evening should I thaw and warm the mouse and just leave it right outside his hide for him?


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Late to the game here, sorry.

A couple thoughts.

Ambient temps and hot spot/hot side seem dead on.

However, 73f is too cold anywhere in the tank.

Coolside for BP should be no lower that 78f.

I keep my cool side around 80f. Ambient temps are 80-84f (big tank so it can vary distance from heat sources). Hot side is 89f.

I would get temps dialed in and then feed.

Read up on proper defrosting techniques. Also, probably need to shake on a tongs for him. Not all BP’s will eat a prey item left for them.

Snakes will thermoregulate even if temps are not ideal. They know they need to cool down, but don’t necessarily realize it’s too cold for them.

Beautiful snake and nice setup.

If if I recall you kept fish, correct?

Me too. I used to breed frontosas in a 240g as well as other tanks.

Reptiles are more forgiving and interactive. However, the attention to detail you need for fish to thrive transfers well into reptile keeping.

Keep up the good work and keep learning and asking questions.

Thunder will do great!

[Phillydubs]

Hey daksi. Good memory, I am the discus guy lol!

notning has been down to 73 thankfully. Not sure if I said that if I did it was a typo. It was around 75 a bit but that was only day 1-2 and I adjusted things and it’s been a solid 77-79 ambient and cool side with my hot spot 90.

He was due for a feed the day he shipped so that was skipped and he was a solid weekly feeder for the breeder. So I’m worried about making him wait two weeks and really taking him off feed.

Are you suggesting waititng until he’s out of the hide and active to then try and simulate life by wiggling the rat and getting him to strike ?