Quote Originally Posted by Kaorte View Post
I have 5 ball pythons and I have personally seen them move any and every kind of substrate I put in there. Aspen, paper towels, newspaper, dirt. They always end up moving it.

OP: I really hope you can get things figured out. I feel your frustration. We were all there at one point. I am sorry you have already spent so much money on all these things that were honestly not all that needed. Hopefully you can get everything stabilized so your new little one can start enjoying its new environment!

That being said, all these changes and tweaking you are doing is probably a little stressful on your snake. Do your best not to handle it for a week after everything is finally set up. Then offer food. Then 48 hours later, enjoy!

i do it all while hes being handled.. we take him out maybe 3 times a day.. mostly at night and then i fix what i can before he gets a chill feeling on him.. mostly he stays on my wifes chest while she plays on her laptop.. just wish he was hardy like my skink.. but oh no he has to have it perfect lol course so does the skink but he will move into his basking light if he is to cold or bury himself if hes to hot... seems smarter imo lol

but yeah atm i cant get it right... it was better before i changed to a real uth and tinfoiled the back of the cage