she's in a sterilite container. hides on both sides. yeah I only had the hide on the warm side and I was having really bad humidity issues so i knew she wasn't comfortable in it. I dried my cypress mulch out and now the humidity is in the 50s so it should be good. right now she is literally sprawled out in the tank with her tail halfway in the cave haha.Originally Posted by Bobbafett
First things first! What is your set up like?
I'm assuming it's a typical tank set up with a heat pad and maybe heat lamps?
Is your heat pad plugged into a thermoSTAT? If its plugged directly into the wall, it can easily reach unsafe temperatures and burn your baby!!
How are you monitoring your temperatures and humidity? Are you using thermometers with probes or are they the circular analog ones?
Humidity is hard to maintain in a tank and is even harder to keep if using a heat lamp.
Some suggestions:
-Cover the screen with either a damp towel, tin foil, or a specially cut piece of plexiglass that have a few air holes drilled in.
-Mist the tank, being sure to let it dry inbetween.
-Use a substrate like Eco earth or coco fibre that is slightly damp.
-Move water dish over a bit of the heat pad.
-Create a humid hide. Place moss/Eco earth inside of a hide and keep damp.
You need to make sure she has a hide on the warm side and the cool side that are snug fitting, only have one entrance, and are identical.
It's normal for ball pythons to hide during the day and be a bit more active at night.
"A hiding ball python is a happy ball python."
If you just got her, leave her alone for a few days before trying to feed her. From the constant handling she may be stressed and refuse food.
Also, how big/old is your snake? Ball python babies right out of the egg can eat hopper sized mice. Fuzzies are too small.
I have a thermostat for the UTH but it's a ZooMed and it only goes low, medium, and high and I've been keeping it at a little above low and it still feels kinda hot so I guess I'll turn it down to low. it's naturally like 80 degrees in my room all the time. I'm using the digital thermo-hygrometer from LLL and it seems to be pretty accurate. the hide on her cool side has 3 entrances but I got it for her because she has been climbing around the tank non stop! and since I have gotten it, she has not stopped climbing through the holes (I think she likes it?). I know they're supposed to be like hiding most of the time but she just seems like fearless or something haha like when I grab her she only balls up sometimes and she's usually sprawled out in her tank figuring out where to slither to next.
I'm not sure exactly how old she is but I'm gonna send the guy an email and ask him. I meant rat fuzzies, is what the guy feeding her said he was giving her one one week and then two the next and suggested I just give her one this week? I didn't know there was such a major difference (can you tell I'm a noob? ) lol
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