Temp Low/Humidity High

[I-KandyReptiles]

Pictures here in a second once I get them uploaded to tinypic. I didn't bother to take him out of his cage tonight, so the pictures aren't real in detail. He's been through quite a bit already and I've disturbed his night routine a couple times already checking on him.

He's doing a lot of nosing around the top of the cage, acting like he's trying to get out. The humidity dropped back down, thankfully. Sitting in the proper zone now, about 54%. Gotta' keep a monitor on that, but I think it may have just been an improper reading or something. I just got a little cheapy non-digital thermo-hygrometer combo. If the humidity does go back up, I've got plenty of fans that I can use. I set a big tupperware full of water in with him. I don't think he's ever seen so much water. He doesn't seem quite sure what to do with it all, but I am pretty sure that he got himself a drink earlier.

Temperature is still low, about 81, so his whole enclosure is a little on the cool side. I don't think I'm gonna' see much change in that until tomorrow. Probe says 81, little dual thermo says about 83 or 84, but it's sitting higher than the probe. Regardless, I'll get that taken care of here tomorrow with a heat pad.

The shedding probably isn't as bad as I make it sound, but he does have probably half a dozen little pieces of dead skin still attached. Nothing bigger than 1/8th of an inch. I think having a pool to swim around in will probably help though. When I picked him up, he actually didn't have any water available and the bowl that my buddy was using was just a regular cereal bowl, definitely not big enough for him to put his whole body into.

He's still got the little wheeze going on. Kind of sounds like a whistle, which I've heard is a respiratory issue. Any way for me to treat that without taking him to the vet? I think just having proper temps and humidity and a decent meal (apparently he hasn't had anything to eat in about 4 weeks either), will improve his health a little bit. He's also yawned (or whatever that was) a couple of times too. Do ball pythons yawn? LoL.

It's a good thing you're letting him settle in

Those analog thermometers are a waste of money. Id suggest going to Walmart and picking up an Accurite thermometer. They're about $12. It will be able to read your hot spot, your cool spot and your humidity. The probed thermometers are much better

There's not much you can do till tomorrow. will you be hooking your UTH to a thermostat?

When he yawns, try to look into his mouth. See if you can see mucus. If it is an ri, he would need to see a vet for medication.