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I have more decorations arriving today that I’ll be installing, but this is her current tank. It’s a homemade 4x2x2 PVC enclosure with homemade 3D-printed side ventilation.
The tank is heated with a 100W deep heat projector on an Inkbird thermostat. Lighting is from a separate smart bulb. I also have two Wi-Fi Govee thermometer/hygrometers at floor/substrate level that give detailed temp and humidity logs. Temps have been checked/calibrated with an infrared temp gun.
She eats frozen/thawed rats sized proportionally to her body weight. She has not struck at prey since around 1.5 years old. Instead, she usually eats later after the rat is placed near the front of her hide.
Last winter, she started refusing food and has never fully gotten back to eating consistently. I’m trying to figure out whether this is husbandry-related, seasonal, stress-related, or something else.
She is very active at night, which I can see on her corner-mounted camera.
- Snake:
- Ball python
- Estimated age: ~26 months
- Current weight: 868 g on 6/20/2026
- Last successful feed: 6/6/2026
- Refusals: 6/20/2026 and 6/30/2026- Data range:
- Logged from 4/1/2026 to 6/30/2026
- 15-minute intervals
- Day/night split used: Day = 8 AM–11 PM, Night = 11 PM–8 AM- Warm side Govee floor-level averages:
- Day temp average: 89.1°F
- Day humidity average: 71.9% RH
- Night temp average: 83.9°F
- Night humidity average: 77.3% RH- Cool side Govee floor-level averages:
- Day temp average: 77.2°F
- Day humidity average: 59.9% RH
- Night temp average: 74.1°F
- Night humidity average: 63.0% RH- Inkbird heat-probe averages:
- Day temp average: 88.0°F
- Night temp average: 79.8°F
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