yet another 'my bp is not eating' thread

[Stewart_Reptiles]

I am perfectly willing to make changes. When I first started out keeping reptiles, I had a lot of problematic husbandry issues, and after receiving advice on other herp forums / message boards / sub reddits, I made a lot of significant changes and improvements. She is no longer on incredibly awful aspen, she is no longer in a glass aquarium, she is no longer eating prey that is too small for her / prey that is not nutritious (mice). I got rid of inaccurate and unsafe stick on analogue thermometers / hygrometers and got more accurate and more safe ones. Moving her from an aquarium to half of a T8 was the advice of multiple people on multiple other forums full of people who keep many BP's as well as other snakes. I was willing to make modifications to my glass tank while waiting for my AP cage. These modifications were not aesthetically pleasing (saran wrap over the lid / foam board over the sides) but I did them anyways because I prioritize the health and safety of my pets.

If you want to hurl insults at me, demean me, and act with hostility towards me because I made informed choices that differ from your opinion, I guess that speaks to the kind of person you are. Since you are a super moderator, I guess that speaks to the character of these forums. I was warned that this forum was full of misguided and ill-informed herpers, but I was hoping for a fifth opinion on what is going on. The other people were correct about this forum. Anyone who thinks that aspen is a viable choice for a substrate for a ball python is not someone I want to assist me. To keep aspen mold free, it would need to be changed at least 3 times a week. I am not going to be stressing my BP out and messing with her 3 times a week. It is not that I am lazy and don't want to clean her enclosure. I check the water and look for waste every day. It is that aspen is a poor choice for a high humidity snake. It might be perfectly fine for corn snakes or other snakes that do not have high humidity needs, but for BP's it is sub-optimal. I do not see how putting my BP onto sub-optimal substrate, and then bothering her three times a week to change it would actually help her get eating.

Yep willing to listen so long you hear what you want to hear sadly pretty typical.

It's not about my opionion, it's about proven facts, trust me if you were keeping animals the way I do you would fail so it's not about how I keep my animals or my opinion on how to keep them it's about what works to help YOUR snake.

Insulted really?

Food for the thoughtd, guidance and advice do not mean that you will hear what you want to hear, it means you will receive advice based on experience and what is known to work.

Again you don't have to listen it's YOUR snake.

Anyway good luck again.....I know rude