do i need a tank upgrade.

[BOWSER11788]

my girl frineds brothers bp, well lets say mine since i do EVERYTHING, but it IS in his room. anyway, sorry i needn't to get that out, he is in a 30 standerd, lately he has been checking out all of his surroundings more, temps and feeding is great, so im wondering if he needs a bigger cage. i have a 30 long, its longer than a 20 long but not as high as a 30. so my question is should, i move him, oh, he is 2 1/2 foot, not getting into the do snakes like us debate, but he does seem VERY chill, and does come out to greeat us and when i open the cage, he climbs up my arm, so, sounds dumb, is he wanting out or does he need more space, also all my others are in a tub, but since its HIS snake, he like to occasionaly look at it, so no tub

[Kaorte]

In my opinion, a ball python that is wandering around a lot is stressed. My snakes only come out at night and they basically just poke their heads out of their hides.

I would leave him in the tank he is in. A 30g in my opinion is what you would put a very large adult female in. Not a juvenile male. If he is eating fine then don't change anything. Its better to have him eating then giving him "more room" that he doesn't really need.

[BOWSER11788]

stress was the first thing that come to mind, but he eats a medium rat every 2 weeks, mabye i should feed a normal rat every week, he hits the rat like crazy, so mabye he's hungry, I do know a cat tries to get on his cage, at least once a week, but he has been fine since last october that way, so thats why im worried.

[Danounet]

If it is a male, just feed him one small rat a week. The females are the ones that eat the bigger meals.

[BOWSER11788]

will it mess him up, he has been on this regimand for a while, if not have about 4 medium i need to go through first.

[Kaorte]

Well if he is eating a medium rat every 10 days, then a small rat every 7 days should be fine. The worst that could happen is that he won't eat every 7 days and only eats every 10 days. Either way, not a big deal. It won't "mess him up".

[CoolioTiffany]

If he does wander a lot, there is probably a husbandry issue.

I would downgrade him to a small rat, medium rats are most likely too large. My female who is about 4 feet and almost two years old eats medium rats, I can't see a 2 1/2 foot snake eating one of those. Try a small rat weekly, I feel that snakes need to eat every 7-10 days at the most. It will not mess him up either, I'm pretty sure he'll be fine if he's a strong eater.

Check back on your husbandry though, humidity, temps, hides, etc.

[BOWSER11788]

just did, warm side, 93, humidity is 69%, that is also with a nightime bulb, not left on all night, just a fre hours at nght for seeing purposes, news paper substraite. its a heavaly trafficed room, but as before he was fine since october, could he be lookin for a mate, no sperm plug,but yea. also he takes the rat fine, but will change when i run out of medium, ambiant temps 84 without red light, 89, with light. 84 seems a little low, but was fine before