My new "naturalistic" tank!

[Physician&Snakes]

I promise you there is nothing wrong with this tank and the ball python will be very happy in it. I'm actually fairly offended that someone decided to criticize me thinking I don't know whats best. I've kept MANY species of reptiles and amphibians, and know very well how to care for a great deal of exotic species. I know a tong of people keep their ball pythons in 2ftx2ft cages lined with a single sheet of paper and nothing more than a ceramic dog bowl or maybe a cardboard hide, but that's not how I like to keep my snakes.

Once the snake gets bigger the smaller hides (blue bowls covered in moss) will obviously be removed, freeing up a lot of open space. And once the snake gets to be really big, I will obviously need to upgrade her to a larger tank size.

Welcome to the online world were everyone is 6'5" and 250lb. I have been working in exotics for nine years now, from prairie dogs to tarantulas to caimans and every non-venomous snake you can find in the hobby pretty much, I have also gathered some decent though minor medical training. I still get a bit hot under the collar when I get "corrected" by someone who's worked with maybe three species for 2-4 years, but in all honesty it comes with the territory . You should not have to clean that cage too often as you can easily make it bioactive by adding some vermiculite and organic potting soil, vermiculite at the bottom to serve as a drainage layer, after that you are mainly spot cleaning. When I clean my fake plants I just dip them in some soapy water and rinse thoroughly in the shower. I really like the look of it; however I would add a cool background and maybe use some more of that height, maybe a taller plant or waterfall.