Hey guys. So I'm new to this forum and after looking at it for a few years I got a bp with my boyfriend last night. We have done some research and my father had 2 Burmese pythons but we were looking for your guys opinions. The couple we got the snake off of were getting rid of her after 2 years due to the birth of a new baby and not having enough time for her. They got her when she was around 2 so that would put her estimated age at 4. They don't know the breeder of her or anything related. Belle (the bp, not officially gendered) is a very calm and relaxed ball, especially while we were looking at her last night. She was relaxed the entire drive home and when we kept her out while setting up her enclosure.

She's apparently a little picky of an eater and normally is taken to a different tub to feed. We’re not sure if it would be safe to try and get her used to eating in her own enclosure instead of moving her and what not. The couple stated they had some troubles with her getting a little aggressive when they tried to move her back to her own enclosure after feeding.


The couple who sold her to us gave us her and her enclosure as well as a wooden support that offers space beneath for the heating pad. I've attached a picture of what we got. The enclosure came with a heating pad and lamp along with her 6 rats, two hides and a water dish. I was expecting thermometers to check the temperature but when we asked them they replied that they didn't use them and simply had the lamp and heating pad set up.

I'm going to head out today to get some thermometers while the bf is at work along with some basic decor just for aesthetic purposes. The cage is a bar top so I know humidity is going to be a problem so we plan to spray the enclosure once a day and maybe put her water bowl near the heating pad.

So, she was very calm and easy to handle while we were getting her as well as when we got her home and setting her up. When we put her back in the cage she was quite active (we assumed this was because she was due to be fed in a few days) and wandered around a lot. She was still up when we went to sleep but we woke up to her in her hide on the warm side. She got up for a little bit, stuck her nose out and then came out to investigate for probably half an hour. She's now back asleep in her hide.

We we were just looking for suggestions and opinions on her behavior to see if it's 'normal' and any other suggestions for the cage. We will hopefully get some more pictures of her later on tonight we just don’t want to disturb her right now. I tried to snag the couple pictures they posted of her on the ad but it was taken down shortly after we got her. We've attached the few photos we managed to get with our cellphones and hope they will suffice for a few hours.

We know young balls get get stressed moving but we’re not entirely sure how a young adult will take to the transition or if we should gradually and slowly move things into her enclosure.

Any advice/suggestions would be greatly appreciated. We'd like to give Belle the best home we can.

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