Thanks for all the replies. We are still unsure of what we are going to do at this point.

As for this:

Quote Originally Posted by cinderbird View Post

Also, bump her up to small mice. Hatchling balls can take hopper mice (larger than fuzzies). Her meal should leave a small but noticeable lump in her belly.
We started off feeding her individually pre-packaged fuzzies from petco when we first got her($2 per fuzzy) but then we found a petland store closer to us and they had much larger fuzzy mice for sale $1.09 a piece(or .99 cents a piece if you buy 3 at once) They were almost twice the size of the fuzzies at petco so we decided to hold off on the hoppers but now she is a bit bigger and she has 1 fuzzy left in the freezer so we will feed that to her this friday and then next week try a hopper. Usually when she eats we can see the "lump" as it moves down her body but then when it gets to her mid-section it isn't noticeable anymore so it is time to switch. I don't want to waste the fuzzy we already have though so she won't get to try a hopper until next week.

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And as for her tank...and the cage both cinderbird and JLC recommended....

We considered that but neither of us feel comfortable with it because there is no option to use a UVB bulb with it. From what I gather UVB bulbs for ball pythons seems to be a highly debated topic that there is no definitive answer to.

I feel more comfortable knowing our snake has a UVB bulb "just in case" and even if it may be useless to have one I don't see how having one could be detrimental to her considering the bulb is only on during the daylight hours. I just feel more comfortable having one.


Quote Originally Posted by dr del View Post
What kind of lid do you have at the moment ( I know you said regular screen but is it sliding etc )

It doesn't slide. It's just a regular screen lid similar to this:



my boyfriend ALMOST found a perfect solution tonight for our problems:





This would keep all the dome lights stationary when we take her out every night and it would be much easier than lifting the entire lid off and setting it on the ground and would be much more cost effective than buying her an entire new setup.(and then having the tank, and light fixtures we already purchased go to waste)

the problem is that the pivot lid that he found does not come in the size we need. At least not on the website he found it on:
http://www.bigappleherp.com/E-Z-Entr...c=2&category=4

We have a 40 Gallon tank. A lid like that would probably be the ideal solution for us if we could find such a lid that fits a 40 gallon tank. Sure I would still have to deal with her humidity towels but that really isn't a big issue. The issue is the lights getting jostled around and having to lift the entire lid off whenever we access her tank.


Does ANYONE know where we can buy a lid like this for a 40 gallon tank?



We would be eternally greatful!