Size

[Billturff]

Hey,
I'm new to the forums. I have a question to start off. My bp is almost 3 years old but only about 2 feet long. Is that normal?

[unspecified42]

No. That is incredibly not normal. Someone either lied to you about age or that snake has been severely underfed (though I would be inclined to believe that it might not have survived 3 years with as underfed as it would have had to have been to only be 2 feet long). How long have you had it?

[Billturff]

I've had him for the entire time. From pet store to home. I feed him pretty much weekly but there are times that I skip a week or so :\ I'm trying to get on a better schedule. Such as weekly. I feed him adult mice and he takes them with no problem.

Here is a picture of him.

[iCandiBallPythons]

How many mice are you offering at one given time?

[Billturff]

I've only ever offered one per feeding. Should I offer more maybe?

[Billturff]

This is my first snake. So any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated.

[BuckeyeBalls]

This is my first snake. So any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Glad you asked that.

Lets start here!

Explain your ENTIRE setup

How u heat it
What your temps are
How u measure ur temps
Cage size all that

And pics to

This may not be related to your first post as much but if u want advise the best advise any1 can give u is to make sure ur husbandry is 100% perfect.

[twan]

Welcome to the site your in the right place.

[steveboos]

That is not a 3 year old ball python, you were lied to at the petstore. To me that looks like a 3-7 month old ball python. Either way it doesn't look bad at alland looks fairly healthy from the picture provided.

[Billturff]

my set up I use a 100watt heating bulb. 40gal terrarium with cedar substrate. log hide. twisty kinda driftwoodish thing with fake vines weaved through it. and a water dish. the temp is usually around 80degrees and humidity is usually around 40 or 50 %

I'll get some picutes up soon of the set up.