Just got the ball :)

[Elise.m]

IMO, the hides are fine. I'm currently using tall hides like those (Except the holes are at the top) in my tank and she's not stressed. It's much easier when it comes to live feeding as well, since the feeder can't go into the hides where you can't see them and possibly bite the snake.

[BuckeyeBalls]

IMO, the hides are fine. I'm currently using tall hides like those (Except the holes are at the top) in my tank and she's not stressed. It's much easier when it comes to live feeding as well, since the feeder can't go into the hides where you can't see them and possibly bite the snake.

Well i hope to not be on live feed for long. Prolly gonna feed him a few times live then try f/t cuz its much easier.

Also what is "HET HYPO"

[Elise.m]

Het hypo means he looks normal but carries the gene for hypo. If you breed him to another het hypo, you'll get normals, het hypos, and hypos.

Someone else can give a much more detailed description of what it means, but that's the gist of it.

[BuckeyeBalls]

Het hypo means he looks normal but carries the gene for hypo. If you breed him to another het hypo, you'll get normals, het hypos, and hypos.

Someone else can give a much more detailed description of what it means, but that's the gist of it.

hmm lol. Yea the guy tried to tell me some stuff about breeding..

Idk nothing about breeding we will stick to the one snake now.

Its a het hypo male tho Not great so it seems

How much should one cost?

Also got him from special k reptiles

He seemed to be a little more then some of the ones there. But the cheap ones were being sold by people who didnt even have a sign with their name on it. crappy looking cages with a bunch of snakes in 1. I went with a more professional looking group of people

[Vypyrz]

Congrats on picking up your new guy...

If you need to bring down your humidity, make your holes a little bigger so they vent better.

If you want to feed F/t, then don't offer a live this week. Wait about 10 days to settle down and realize he's hungry, then offer F/T. I've found the secret to F/t is a good pre-scenting. Use a blow dryer on low to just kind of blow the smell at the tub. for a couple of minutes. You will know when he smells it. Then put the blow dryer on high and hit the thead of the rodent for about 30 seconds. When you open the tub, open it only enough to get the prey in.

Here is a video, where Adam Wysocki discusses feeding techniques, but the pre-scenting was what finally got mine to take F/T...

YouTube - 8 Ball Pythons - Feeding Lessons

[kc261]

3" may still be too tall for the hides. They really prefer a tight fit. Everything else looks good though!

It does take them a while to settle in to their new homes. When I got my first, she wouldn't even go in her hides. I think she was afraid they might have been home to some snake eating monster! So at first she "hid" under the accurite. Pretty soon, though, she figured out what the hides were for.

[BuckeyeBalls]

Well i had to move him out his tub (just making stress worse)

But i had to make the holes bigger (added a few) to lower the humidity in the tub. Was only for like 3 mins. Hope that doesn't bother him to much. Rather him be mad some random guy moving him to a new place for 3 mins then to be in ba conditions.

[BuckeyeBalls]

getting about 67% humidity in the tub right about now on the hot side. Should i add more holes or what

His water bowl isnt that big. It sits in a hollowed out dresser

I got more holes on the hot side then the cool side

[kc261]

If those little tiny dots I see are your ventilation holes, then you need bigger holes.

I just randomly looked through threads until I found a pic (video actually, as it turned out) where you can get an idea of how many & how large of holes are typical:
http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...d.php?t=113529

67% really isn't bad humidity, so if you are getting that with those little tiny holes, you won't need to add very many larger ones. It all depends on the individual conditions, so it varies a little bit for everyone.

[BuckeyeBalls]

If those little tiny dots I see are your ventilation holes, then you need bigger holes.

I just randomly looked through threads until I found a pic (video actually, as it turned out) where you can get an idea of how many & how large of holes are typical:
http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...d.php?t=113529

67% really isn't bad humidity, so if you are getting that with those little tiny holes, you won't need to add very many larger ones. It all depends on the individual conditions, so it varies a little bit for everyone.

i added bigger ones. See other thread i posted about humidity. Im getting 2 diff readings.. So..