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    I need help with my new ball python please

    I just got a new ball python three days ago.
    I just dont understand why she has been in her hide ever since I got her.

    I know that she is about to shed because her eyes are chrome,
    but she still never comes out unless i take her out of it to hold her or something...
    and as soon as I put her back in her cage she slithers around for like 30 seconds then goes right back to her hide...

    could someone please help me with this???

    thanks.

    and if you have any other helpful tips please add them too.

    thank you.

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    Re: I need help with my new ball python please

    They typically prefer to be seclusive during shed, it's normal.
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    Re: I need help with my new ball python please

    Quote Originally Posted by travis_1989 View Post
    I just got a new ball python three days ago.
    I just dont understand why she has been in her hide ever since I got her.

    I know that she is about to shed because her eyes are chrome,
    but she still never comes out unless i take her out of it to hold her or something...
    and as soon as I put her back in her cage she slithers around for like 30 seconds then goes right back to her hide...

    could someone please help me with this???

    thanks.

    and if you have any other helpful tips please add them too.

    thank you.
    When they are inshed they are unable to see clearly.So just leave her alone until she sheds,also its good to leave her be for the full week anyway to settle in .I would leave her be until she sheds ok
    Joe Haggard

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    Re: I need help with my new ball python please

    okay well that helps.

    let me tell yall about my set up and let me see what yall think about it also.

    I got a fifty gallon tall aquarium, and i use the snake bedding that looks more like hay to me that I got from the pet store, and I got a piece of drift wood, kinda small water bowl and a hide.
    I have a clamp on light on the side and thats all for the heat really. I am not sure if that is enough though because every time I take her out of the cage her body is cold to the touch.

    I have a beadie and he has a heat mat under his cage but I was thinkin about taking it from his cage and putting it under her cage, do you think that this would be a good idea?

    Her eyes have been chrome ever since I got her from the pet store, but she still has not shed anything... is this bad, and I got her from the pet store three days ago now. is this bad??? what do I do to help her shed, I havent seen her in her water bowl or anything... i have tried to put her in it but she didnt stay in it for very long.

    lol
    I guess I just need alot of help or maybe even get rid of her or something
    please please please help!

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    Re: I need help with my new ball python please

    How old or big is your BP? I forgot to mention about your first post, there is nothing you need to do to help the shed, but you need to bump the humidity up somewhere around 70% or a bit more during shed (I prefer higher but thats just MO)
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    Re: I need help with my new ball python please

    Quote Originally Posted by travis_1989 View Post
    okay well that helps.

    let me tell yall about my set up and let me see what yall think about it also.

    I got a fifty gallon tall aquarium, and i use the snake bedding that looks more like hay to me that I got from the pet store, and I got a piece of drift wood, kinda small water bowl and a hide.
    I have a clamp on light on the side and thats all for the heat really. I am not sure if that is enough though because every time I take her out of the cage her body is cold to the touch.

    I have a beadie and he has a heat mat under his cage but I was thinkin about taking it from his cage and putting it under her cage, do you think that this would be a good idea?

    Her eyes have been chrome ever since I got her from the pet store, but she still has not shed anything... is this bad, and I got her from the pet store three days ago now. is this bad??? what do I do to help her shed, I havent seen her in her water bowl or anything... i have tried to put her in it but she didnt stay in it for very long.

    lol
    I guess I just need alot of help or maybe even get rid of her or something
    please please please help!
    Please read this info. http://www.ball-pythons.net/modules/...warticle&id=59
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    and how would I turn up the humidity? lol You have to remember I dont know nothing about any of this, I am completely new.

    sorry.
    but thanks for all of everyones help

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    Re: I need help with my new ball python please



    this is my snake if it helps any.

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    Re: I need help with my new ball python please

    Quote Originally Posted by travis_1989 View Post
    and how would I turn up the humidity? lol You have to remember I dont know nothing about any of this, I am completely new.

    sorry.
    but thanks for all of everyones help
    Welcome

    You can always get a cheapo spray bottle and mist a few times a day.

    If you have a mesh top, you can soak a towel and lay it across the mesh.

    You can also place the water bowl near the heat source.

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    Re: I need help with my new ball python please

    well since i have a tall tank i do not have a lid on it, and the heat source is clamped to the side at the top so the heat source is not exactly close to the bottom of the cage... but i will try spraying her...

    thank you again.


    please give me more advice.

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