Got my first Ball Python! Picture and questions.

[Shera]

She will always feel "cool to the touch" since her body temperature is always lower than yours.

Yeah, I guess, but she's much cooler than my gecko, who spends 90% of her time on the warm side.

[Shera]

Found a great deal on a thermostat, so I'm going to get that and bypass the dimmer

I just weighed her and she's only 170 grams! She is roughly 20 inches long. Is it even possible that she is a year old?

ETA: I just face-stalked the kid who sold her to me, and it looks like he got her around November 20 2012, so that would make her probably 9-10 months old? Still tiny.

[Shera]

This is the one I got btw, I grabbed the last one in stock. I didn't expect to be able to get one under $40 in Canada, so I'm happy

http://www.amazon.ca/Jumpstart-Digit...mat+thermostat

[dbassa]

This is the one I got btw, I grabbed the last one in stock. I didn't expect to be able to get one under $40 in Canada, so I'm happy

http://www.amazon.ca/Jumpstart-Digit...mat+thermostat

I have several of these...they do the job. Good pick up.

[Shera]

I got a couple of more close up pics, someone had asked about morph, but I'm pretty sure she's just a normal eh? She's just about to shed, her eyes were quite blue and they have darkened a bit again today. I'm still wondering why she's so small for her age. She's super friendly though, I'm just loving her!

[Pythonchick89]

She is on aspen right now, but I might change that, is there a substrate you prefer? Why?

We use reptibark. It seems to help with the shedding, rough enough to pull shed off, but not to hurt them. I don't like aspen, it seems Cheesy & not rough enough. Also seems to carry mites more often then not at the pet stores & whatnot. Other then that it seems everyone covered anything else you have going on. And bigger water dish is always fine, easy to soak when they need it. Enjoy your new buddy!!!



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