20 gallon viv - can I use it for a baby BP?

[Bellatrix_LeSnake]

Hello everyone,

I am new to the forum and to BP keeping ... We are due to receive our first ball python in a week's time from a breeder. We have a 20 gallon viv already, and while I realise its a little large for a baby, would it be completely unworkable for a 2 month old BP (last measured weight 135g) if we provided quite a lot of hide space and filled the tank up with climbing branches, fake leaves, etc.

Thanks!

[WarriorPrincess90]

Welcome to BP.net and the addiction!

If you give her extra hides and add lots of foliage and things to hide under that will make her feel secure, you should be just fine. Also...I just had to add that I almost named one of my snakes Bellatrix LeSnake...I was SOOOO close to doing it. Love it.

[The Serpent Merchant]

While glass tanks are not the best cages for a snake, a 20 gallon will work with enough cover.

I suggest you checkout these 2 threads. The first goes over care, and the second goes over heating.

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...ius)-Caresheet

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...04#post1845904

[Bellatrix_LeSnake]

Thanks to both of you for the quick responses. I will absolutely check those care links out!

Yes, we had already decided that if we got a boy, it would be Severus and a girl had to be Bellatrix. Oh Harry Potter fanaticism ...

[WarriorPrincess90]

Thanks to both of you for the quick responses. I will absolutely check those care links out!

Yes, we had already decided that if we got a boy, it would be Severus and a girl had to be Bellatrix. Oh Harry Potter fanaticism ...

Exactly! I was going to do Bellatrix LeSnake or Narhissa Malfoy. I already knew mine was going to be female. I ended up naming her Xena...after Xena Warrior Princess. Cyane is one of the Amazon Queens from the same show. lol. But I love Harry Potter just as much.

[Bellatrix_LeSnake]

A related question - what kind of glue is safe to use to suspend plastic plants? I read that under no circumstances must one use tape inside the enclosure. But can I use superglue to stick plants to the climbing branches or would it be better to suspend them using thread?

[WarriorPrincess90]

If you could use a hot glue gun that would work. I wouldn't suggest using thread though. Some BPs are very skilled at getting into things.