How long to wait before force feeding?

[CORBIN911]

CAPS LOCK

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may help for them to see the advice.

[macnmore]

CAPS LOCK

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may help for them to see the advice.

And being a smartass helps how???

[CORBIN911]

You decline to even read any of the advice given. And ask a question with answers already given. Such as the same. Please read and research before buying things where there life depends on you. It's a simple to show when you ask question

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Yet. Continue to ask them. If you ask for help and it's given please take it in not as for more answers

[macnmore]

You decline to even read any of the advice given. And ask a question with answers already given. Such as the same. Please read and research before buying things where there life depends on you. It's a simple to show when you ask question

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Yet. Continue to ask them. If you ask for help and it's given please take it in not as for more answers

You're making a lot of assumptions here.
"You decline to even read any of the advice given" You have no idea what I've read...I have read everything everyone has posted on this thread and several more on this forum. Not only this forum but several other forums as well as watched several videos on Youtube to try and see how best to setup the snakes environment.

"And ask a question with answers already given" I'm pretty sure I didn't ask any of the same questions in that last post of mine. I was trying to describe my setup and ask a couple new questions I hadn't asked before. I asked for recommendations on a tool to measure humidity. Asked if the 75w was only getting it up to 88 degrees if I should go up to a 100w bulb. And the last question I asked was if him exploring his cage was a sign of him getting comfortable with his surroundings. I had NOT asked any of these 3 questions in prior posts...so am I to assume you haven't read any of the prior posts and are just going off the one post of Deborah's where she replied with a previous reply?

I'm trying to ask legitimate questions so I can best provide for and take care of the snake. It sounds like the cage he's currently in is too big for him, so I'm having my daughter clean out our 10 gallon tank so we can move him to a smaller habitat for now. Over lunch I picked up a hygrometer, 2 more thermometers, and 2 smaller hides. No one at my house messed with the snake yesterday and won't for 1 full week. Advice has been given and I'm doing what I can to adhere to it...so please don't make assumptions about me cause you don't know me. If you don't have anything positive to contribute to this thread I'd appreciate you just don't post anything.

[CORBIN911]

A week doesn't matter tbh

Give him 0 attention for min 2-3 meals with. Minimum maintenance. Water/spot clean ect... And again Deborah gave you 100% what you need for your husbandry. Just a cut/dry version

[JPR]

Stick on thermometers are pretty much useless as they are very inaccurate. Get a temp gun or at least some digital thermometers with a probe. Also, ball pythons are not arboreal snakes (as much as the babies seem to wish they were). So providing him with an adequate 90 degree hot spot on the GROUND is necessary. This is also where you should be measuring your temps and not up by the light.

I agree with what the others have posted here. Smaller enclosure, nice and snug hides on both hot and cool side.

I would refrain from handling until he eats at least twice. Only offer food once every 5 days at most.

[JPR]

Moving around the cage actively is usually a sign of stress. A ball python is happy when it is hiding. Only coming out at night for a few hours.

[DennisM]

Mutliple sites mention BP's eating crickets...so I'm not sure what your comment "...but even assuming a BP will eat a cricket?" is supposed to mean.
http://exoticpets.about.com/od/pytho...ll-Pythons.htm

never visit these sites again.