I looked all over the Reptile shops around my area and most had Normal males, and only morph females. I wanted this Spider Ball female that was displayed... but out of my price range. Finally found a female Normal at South Bay Reptiles and bought her up immediately. Sadly, she had some really bad stuck shed, so I soaked her for roughly 45 minutes and anxiously let her run through a damp towel and voyla: beautiful skin, no mites/ticks (that I know of), and a healthy looking activity level.

My one worry is that she does look a little thin, but hopefully she'll eat in a few days.

Say Hi to Zoey!



I'm almost entirely sure she is a Normal from a Spider Ball batch maybe 2 months ago. She is 1ft, 4inches, but I do not know the weight as of now.

Here is her cage:



Positives:
So far the cage has been holding to any temp/humidity I desire. The left side stays around 80°, while the right around 85°, with the hide being a little warmer. Been checking the Ceramic Heat Emitter (60 watt) and the Warm hide and so far the hide is very comfortable to the touch, and the emitter stays at a lower power pretty evenly.

To keep humidity even, I have a Repti-fogger being controlled by the ZooMed Hygrotherm, and both work like a dream! Really debated on myself on this purchase, and couldn't be happier. The Hygrotherm keeps the CHE at a very manageable temp, and the fogger turns on for maybe 2 seconds every few hours and keeps the tank at a constant H60%.

To keep the glass tank manageable, I put painted black cardboard on 3/4 sides, and used the screen tank mod (http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=90187), and both seem to be working great.

Negatives:
If you look at the second picture down, I do sort of wonder if the Medium hides are too big for now. I put Sphagnum Moss in to fill it out, but it definitely seems rather big. Hopefully she will grow into it in the next few months.

I'm a little worried because Zoey seems to heavily favor the left side, which is by all means the cooler side of the tank. I have more fake plants on that side since they do a really good job of helping control humidity and temp, but perhaps I've over secured the left side so she doesn't feel like exploring the right. I dunno, prolly over thinking things but just wondering if it is something to look into or not, since I understand younger BP's are a lot more secretive at first. She does keep her head out at night, so she at least seems to be interested in finding a meal.

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This is me and my sister's first BP, she has been with us for almost a week, and wanted to share and maybe get some feedback.

Thanks for reading.