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    Well my first word of advice would be to leave her alone completely for over a week, like no checking, touching, petting, uncovering..nothing. She is stressed. Going from one place to a whole new home is a big thing for a snake. How long have you had her? As far as her skin seeming "big", she may be ready to shed, she may be dehydrated, or she may be underweight. It depends on where you got her from, if it's Petco or the sorts she is probably a mix of dehydrated and underweight. They have no idea what they are talking about when it comes to husbandry.

    As far as the humidity, are you using a heat light? What is your heat source? The lamps dry out humidity, what are you using to measure humidity? Analog guages are not accurate, for humidity or temperature. They make these neat digital ones, they are cheap at Walmart or online that you should definitely get.
    http://www.amazon.com/Chaney-Instrum...6265089&sr=8-3

    If she active anytime except for a small window at night, that means she is stressed out. A hiding ball python is a happy ball python.

    I don't advise you to feed her until after you've left her alone for a week. Give us more info on what you use for heat, measuring heat and humidity, how many hides does she have, etc. And don't be sorry, we all start out somewhere, we were all new once. You learn as you go, just let us know what your setup is like and we'll do our best to help you change it if needed. And welcome to the site
    Last edited by Skittles1101; 05-24-2011 at 03:27 PM.
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