Quote Originally Posted by BP99 View Post
I got kids a ball python for Christmas , she is about 6 months old .
she always ate for us,active at night, sleeping during the day.
My temperatures were always good, 90-93 hot side, 76-82 cold.
Humidity was always a problem, until 2 weeks ago . I put plastic cover on the top of the tank with drilled holes for heat lamps and air flow.
My snake started acting very weird , super lethargic always hiding day and night , she would come out for few minutes to drink and this is it, no other activities at all and today she has refused her food.
Is she going into shed ? I don't see any physical signs, no pink belly, no cloudy eyes, no wrinkled skin.
I don't see any signs of RI either . When I tried to hold her last week, she acted very squirming trembling and pulling away.
Is she getting used to new environment " clear ceiling instead of foil ? Is it shed ? Is she just happy with a normal humidity and temperature , but why is she not eating than?
Also I usually feed her "arctic mice " from petsmart but today I gave a mouse that I got from oaks reptile show from one of the local dealers. It looks fine to me, but could there be some other problem with it?
Thanks, Jay

My snakes don't like it very warm they move away from the hot spots all of the time, i always find mine in the areas of about 74-76 degrees even if there is no hide available at those temps they will lay out in the open they will NOT spend time in the high heat for long...I thought i was keeping them too cold but they like it at 50-70% humidity and about 74-84 degrees unless they just ate then they like it hot 90 degrees for about 4 hours...that is my own experience...