Please Help Me!!!!!!!!!!!

[Thor26]

Please help me my ball python "thor" has been very angry for the past few days. I've had him for about two months and [he or she] has always been very mellow and curious. Thors tank is 80 on the cool side and 90 on the hot with a half log and a tree and a water dish big enough for him to soak in. I feed him a hopper about once a week. A week or two ago i tried a larger mouse he ate it but it stretched his head out alot. I think he may have gotten a wood chip stuck in his mouth that was on the mouse. I feed him in a seperate enclosure. Now when ever i try to pick him up he just hisses at me. He only sits in one corner of the tank and hardly moves. I am so worried please help me. Thanks

[mlededee]

Maybe he is going into shed. They can be moody when they are in shed because they can't see as well and feel vulnerable. Is his belly pink or are his eyes cloudy or bluish?

[TheMissingLink]

1 - Lose the log they don't offer enough security and get two of the same hides one for the hot side and one for the cool side.

2- Lose the big water bowl ball pythons don't soak unless somethings wrong.

3- Whats his humidity?

[Thor26]

i was thinking he might be shedding because he has been soaking in his water dish alot. ill get different places for him to hide in. what do u recommend

[FatBoy]

With a name like Thor, what do you expect, LOL. I agree with the hide suggestion and with the possibility of a shed coming on, they do get moody. Make sure his humidity is 50-60%. He may also need larger prey items. He needs a mouse/rat about the same size as his belly. If his head stretches a little getting it down its ok.

[GirDance]

If he's soaking is it possible he actually has mites?? when he soaks do you notice little bugs on his head at all?

For hides, anything short that will touch him on all sides will work, tupperware, flower pot bottoms etc.

[Thor26]

mmk when i brought him he did have three mtes on him so i completely cleaned his cage and got them all off of him and i havent seen any since ill get new hides and stuff for him

[GirDance]

What did you treat with? sounds like still might have some... I'd switch to paper towels, monitor and order in some pam. Most commercial stuff doesn't kill eggs.

If you get PAM, follow the directions exactly. Hope it all works out.

[JLC]

By the way... PAM = Provent-a-Mite...not the cooking spray.

(And if you already know this, that's cool...but I thought I'd point it out for any new folks reading it that might go running into their kitchen for a can of non-stick-spray to treat their own mite problem. )

[Thor26]

ok thanks ill get some