Hi all

I am a fairly new ball python owner I have one male spider/desert morph ,(yes I am aware of its fertility problems and wobble), at least I am now, when getting the snake at first i wasn't told anything except its a small condition and this particular one has does not have a bad wobble and I wasnt polanning on breeding and I still am not planning on breeding even if I was I would NEVER breed any genes that have problems especially spider.

I did not do enough research and hay the bloke said that the wobble wasnt bad and maybe it wasnt but ive read a new home can go from no wobble to severe in a matter of days, so now my boy Franky does a corkscrew from time to time and balance is not really on point.

I decided to confront the the breeder and he assured me that he is sorry and he will give me a refund and that he does not breed with them , they are actually rescues from people that did not want him because of his condition. Below photos will follow of the spider morph and the enclosure setups, please note temperatures are in Celsius and not Fahrenheit.

this brings me to Franky the spider morph ( Top enclosure ):

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some general questions : our humidity is way high and the "driest" i get it is 70-75% please tell me this is acceptable as ive tried a lot of tricks and really ndont ghave the cash for a 200$ dehumidifier right now , i have put in some rice jars with holes in them to absorb some more of the air moisture, but that only brings it down to like 70 and 68 on a good day.

His hot hide belly heat is 32.1 degrees Celsius and cold side in-between 24 and 27 Degrees Celsius ambient temperature he has no problem feeding.

Today was a bit more warm and his ambient temperature reached 32 degrees Celsius.
He was very active today during the day time which is not usually the case the last few weeks of monitoring him.

Usually only active at night hunting mode , I eventually cooled out his enclosure but that still didnt stop him from being active is something wrong or is he exploring cos its hot and a nice summers day ? It rarely reaches 96 degrees so its not blazing hot either.

I also use a fan to blow onto his enclosure this helps a tiny bit for hot days and also brings the humidity down with 2 or 3%

Whenever i switch the fan on he comes out his hide exploring doesnt matter day or night, tongue flickering not like his unhappy but maybe just the new smells he is smelling ? or should i rather stop doing this ?

He weighs about 680 grams how much should his food weigh if i feed him once a week ? im currently have him on hoppers and they weigh about 40 grams. Not all to surer about his weight i used my hand as scale but its close to 700 im sure ? Ive had franky 3 weeks.

I really dont want my snakes to get infections due to too high humidity.
Introducing Boris (bottom enclosure) :

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After talking to the breeder i thought i want a "normal" bp and i got the butter pastel enchi ive had him for about 3 days an got him while he was in shed and is still busy shedding he doesnt do anything at all just moves to cold hide during day and cold hide during night his temps are exactly the same on the cold and hot side and his humidity is 75% as well.

This is okay for him cos he is shedding i presume ? Hoping to see more of him for now i have is total enclosure closed off so its nice and dark and he can shed in peace , i just check temps and fresh water daily for 3 consecutive days now. He is about 890 grams give or take and about 5 inches longer than Franky (spider morph).

What size should he be feeding on ? can i both feed them the same size ? he is not much thicker than the spider but i believe the dealer had him breeding so he was in fasting for 4 months as he mated with 3 females poor dude lol.

Sorry for all the rambling, but i felt its needed so its easier to understand my questions and scenario.

Temps are all controlled by thermostats connected to heat-pads but covered with tinfoil and newspaper and only then substrate for extra safety.

The belly temp is on point as I have the sensor probe fixed to the substrate they are lying on and sealed off from their touch to prevent false indication.

both ball pythons are just just over a year id say 13 months.

Alternative pics of setups sizes and temps :

Boris bottom enclosure :
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Humidity and ambient temps :
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Belly heat for both pythons on "hot" hides :
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Not sure of weight but here is size with my hand as a scale :
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Thanks to all in advanced