I just purchased a male normal Ball (both parents were Pastel). It acted normal at the NY snake expo. It acted normal at home before we put it into the "cage".

The temps as shown here:
http://www.ball-pythons.net/gallery/...e.php?i=9194&c=

Hot spot under plastic hide = 91.4 temp on cool side = 83.1 and humidity is 64%.

I thought this was the ideal? When we put him in, he went crazy. Climbing all over the place -- knocking over the plants, temp gauge and he ended up here:

http://www.ball-pythons.net/gallery/...e.php?i=9193&c=

I figured that it was too hot for him so I turned off the overhead light, and the side uth (for ambient temp). I droped the hot side to 85.1

Now he is resting on the driftwood and the ambient temp is 81.0 (he seems to be happy now.)

What's up with this!!!! According to the sheet that came with him he was hatched on 6/10/06 and his last mouse was yesterday (9/9/06).

What should I do now?