I need help with my new ball python please

[Nate]

and how would I turn up the humidity? lol You have to remember I dont know nothing about any of this, I am completely new.

sorry.
but thanks for all of everyones help

Welcome

You can always get a cheapo spray bottle and mist a few times a day.

If you have a mesh top, you can soak a towel and lay it across the mesh.

You can also place the water bowl near the heat source.

[travis_1989]

well since i have a tall tank i do not have a lid on it, and the heat source is clamped to the side at the top so the heat source is not exactly close to the bottom of the cage... but i will try spraying her...

thank you again.


please give me more advice.

[joepythons]

well since i have a tall tank i do not have a lid on it, and the heat source is clamped to the side at the top so the heat source is not exactly close to the bottom of the cage... but i will try spraying her...

thank you again.


please give me more advice.

Uuh the snake will escape without a lid on the tank

[Nate]

Uuh the snake will escape without a lid on the tank

I guess that depends on how tall the tank is.

[joepythons]

I guess that depends on how tall the tank is.

I guess time will tell

[travis_1989]

I did alot of research on the snakes, but i was just worried cause i never read anything about them being so scareed all of the time,

but everyones information helped alot.

oh and his cage was setup three days before i got him thank you very much.

[bman123]

I did alot of research on the snakes, but i was just worried cause i never read anything about them being so scareed all of the time,

but everyones information helped alot.

oh and his cage was setup three days before i got him thank you very much.

The way you came across to everyone was not good. If you did actual research you would have a smaller tank with a lid, a uth and a thermostat. I feel bad for your snake.

[travis_1989]

I didnt know that it was absolutely necessary for me to have a smaller cage.

I just thought that it was necessary to have atleast a ten gallon tank to start off, but I had a bigger one so i thought it was okay to have one bigger.

but now i have learner and now I am going to put her in a plastic tub for right now until she gets a little bigger i guess...

[Kaorte]

That is probably a step in the right direction

While tubs aren't really that pretty to look at, they are a BREEZE to clean and they are easy to maintain temps and humidity in.

Maybe when she is a year or two you could transition her into the big tank. By then you will know so much about ball pythons you will have an amazing set up for her

[mason]

I'd honestly say you've bought the wrong species.


you'll pretty much only see the thing if you get it out or when you feed it. Royals pythons spend 95% of their times doing just that, hiding. Out of all the royals we have here (under 100 so not a huge collection, but big enough) there are only a handful who you will ever see (if you leave them to their own devices and dont disturb them for handling)]

The best way to help a royal of that size to shed is to provide it with a wet hide as well as it's current hide. Justy use something like a cricket tub, cut a hole in the lid, fill with spagnum moss (or similar, anything that is both safe and holds water well).

Give the snake to opportunity to and he should manage his own humidty levels all by himself, give him a warm dry area AND a warm wet area and he'll choose the one that suits at the time. This way you're not forcing the snake to live in a very high humidty environment but he can choose to put himself in the high humidity AREA of his environment.


Going back to the top again, royas generally are shy, retiring creatures and if you see them out and about they either want feeding or watering.