Quote Originally Posted by BoiseBallz View Post
Wow. Outstanding job on the history.

Couple of things...

I would recommend lowering the temperature on the "cool" side. You only have a 4 degree temperature gradient which doesn't give your snake an opportunity to cool down. The cool side should be around 78-80 ish.

The stain could be blood from feeding. Thawed rodents often ooze blood from their nose/mouth. Live prey sometimes bite the snake. It could also be some "waste" staining if your snake voided a little bit (they don't always drop huge loads). I wouldn't be too worried about it. Paper towels as substrate are great (I use them), but they do show everything.

Change the paper towels out, and you likely won't see anything for a while.

I wouldn't worry about constipation or obstruction. Ball Pythons are very variable in how often they stool, and if they are anywhere near shed, they will often hold it until just after shed. Your snake doesn't look the least bit distended.

Thanks I read through forums a lot and I always follow the rules/guidelines. Plus what's the point in asking others for help if you're not gonna give all the necessary info, right? lol
And yes thank you I'll go home and lower her temps, I was wondering the same thing since she spends a lot of time in her coconut on her cool side, so i had started to think that she finds it too warm in there. Is night time temp at 88 okay still or should that be lower than the temp of the cool side, 80?

The blood is most likely from the feeder, i was just a bit quick to freak out and didnt even consider that lol. And I only feed frozen, got a firm policy to not let anything hurt my snake. Thanks so so much for your reply, it really puts my mind at ease that there's nothing wrong with her!


Thanks snake lovers!