Quote Originally Posted by WingedWolfPsion View Post
Red and black spiders? If you're in the US, that sounds like you have black widows. If so, be extremely careful. I don't think the snake would care about the spiders.

Also, ball pythons will seek a good hiding place over warmth--they really don't know enough to avoid cold. Their instincts simply aren't wired to deal with it. So he could go down into a cold root cellar, looking for water. If you have a lot of bowls of water around, though, he might not.
They're not Black Widows.

They're as big as the palm of your hand, 'fuzzy' and have black bodies with red and black striped legs.

The closest photo of one I could ever find was something like "Fisher Spider".

We check the cellar every day.

I can't check under the other half of the house, though.

There's just no way under it...unless you're a snake.

I can't even guess whether there's moisture under there or not.

Before the new floor was put down though, I went down the trap door in the kitchen into the drystone well after a rabbit that had fallen in.

If I was a snake, that's where I'd go.

About a foot of space to the floor above, soft dirt and rocks.

Just perfect.