BP striking at the light from a flashlight?

[Generationshell]

Ill be sure it get that as soon as I can. thanks! I have some zoomed product. That has the high, medium, low settings. And Even on the low setting its 105. I was dissapointed but I will get it soon.

[CoolioTiffany]

No problem! If whose ever gonna set it up (you or your parents) need help or directions on setting it up, you can send me a PM. I have two ReptiTemps so I could help you out. I'll take pictures too.

Is it a rheostat you're talking about? They always have temp spikes. I returned mine after I ordered my ReptiTemp because my results were the exact same as yours.

Ill be sure it get that as soon as I can. thanks! I have some zoomed product. That has the high, medium, low settings. And Even on the low setting its 105. I was dissapointed but I will get it soon.

[Generationshell]

Thank you so much! Yea Im pretty sure that was it. I don't even know why they sale those anymore. They arent good at all. At least my heating pad isnt 130 like it used to be!

[CoolioTiffany]

You're welcome. Yeah I hear ya, it's kind of like how they keep selling heat rocks but those obviously can severely burn, overheat, and kill your snake.

And yeah you got that right! It's scary to walk in the room and see the digital thermometers saying 124F. My heart literally dropped.

Thank you so much! Yea Im pretty sure that was it. I don't even know why they sale those anymore. They arent good at all. At least my heating pad isnt 130 like it used to be!

[Generationshell]

I know! It really scares me that they heat rocks are still on the market. Wouldn't you think they would have tons of lawsuits against them by now? I guess not... Its really disheartening. I don't understand why they even make the heat mats capable to get to 130+ degrees. Why not cap it at a more reasonable level?

[MarkS]

I am currently away at college and my parents are taking care of my ball python. They do a pretty good job as far as feeding him, cleaning his cage, making sure humidity is right, clean water...etc. But my dad said that the other day he heard a lot of racket and went to my room and looked around w a flashlight. He then shined it on my bp and the bp struck at the light. Which concerns me considering I have never seen my bp strike at anything other than a rat. Did my dad just spook him really bad? Or is the lack of handling as often sorta making him more aggressive. I just don't understand why he struck the light instead of balling up or hiding...

Hmmm, you think it might be possible that the flashlight is a HEAT SOURCE, and since ball pythons have HEAT SENSING PITS, they're hard wired to strike out at a HEAT SOURCE when they're hungry?

[Elise.m]

Lmao at MarkS!

Not handling as often won't effect the snake too much. I used to handle mine a couple times a week, now they're lucky if it's a couple times a month. They're still just as docile though.

[CoolioTiffany]

People still buy them too like it's actually needed for their animal sadly, I think they should be more educated on them though,

And yeah I hear you there, the heat mat thing is crazy. It's probably made like that for reptiles that like a lot more higher heating levels, although I wouldn't really know because most of those reptiles like to bask under heat lamps anyways. Probably sometime in the future there will be more reasonable products for reptiles that are safer.

I know! It really scares me that they heat rocks are still on the market. Wouldn't you think they would have tons of lawsuits against them by now? I guess not... Its really disheartening. I don't understand why they even make the heat mats capable to get to 130+ degrees. Why not cap it at a more reasonable level?

[Generationshell]

Mark S lol I didnt think of that to be honest. But He had just been fed earlier that day a nice rat :]

[sarahlovesmiike]

Some snakes stay in feeding mode for a day or two. The lack of handling is probably contributing to that, not that it's a bad thing not to handle them.