Hello and a little first python help

[The Serpent Merchant]

I just picked up a spider ball from Petco on friday for $99. Let him settle over the weekend. Came home from work this evening and he was acting like he was hungry. All I had in the freezer was fuzzys (wasnt really thinking he would eat til this weekend) so I trawed him a couple out and he just finished them both up and is back in his hide. There all different, this one settled in fast. Not all do.

As far as the humidity goes some say to much is bad, some say not enough is bad .The common seems to be 50-60% normal or 70-80% during shed. Thats why a gauge is needed.

It's understandable to want to hold and handle. but resisting will sure make the settling process go a lot quicker. good luck

Just want to clear up the too-low vs too high issue with humidity.

Too low humidity is bad, anything under 40% is too low.

High humidity on it's own is fine. The parts of Africa that BP's come from have very high humidity practically year round, much higher than most people keep their cages. The issue with high humidity is that it is often achieved by drastically reducing air-flow in the cage, and can cause condensation on everything inside the cage. A cage that has low air flow and is damp all the time can grow some nasty stuff in it. That said as long as a cage has good airflow, and there isn't any condensation forming on the inner walls of the cage high humidity (above 60% RH) is fine.

Here is a chart showing the average low and high % humidity in Ghana (where BP's come from)