Alright, let me start off by saying i am extremly new to owning a ball python,. I purcheched it from the local exotic pet store for $75. Its a couple months old and eating F/T fuzzy every week, Thats what they said. About it, he has just been runin back and forth all day. I finally gaved in and held it for just a few min. The pet store sold me an ECO EARTH coconut fiber substrate, Didnt know if that was any good. But yea a pretty active snake.