Quote Originally Posted by zeerum21 View Post
so I got my first ball python June 26, I have her in a 2' long, 1' tall, 1' deep tank with paper towel as a temporary substrate. I'm using a 6 x 11 - 7 watt heat mat on the bottom of the tank, a small log hide on hot end a big cave hide on the cold end a water dish and a few objects in there to make it feel smaller. Temps on the hot end are in the high 80's and low-to-mid 70's on the farthest spot of the cold end. She is about 7 weeks old. My main issue is the fact that she will not eat. The breeder I bought her from (at a reptile expo) said it had been a week since her last meal, and he had been feeding her live. So it has been almost three weeks since her last meal and I am starting to worry a little. All I currently have available is F/T mice. I have tried braining, and even leaving the mouse in the tank for a while and still nothing. I have also tried moving her to a separate container but that did not work either. She does not seem stressed out at all. She is somewhat active, exploring her enclosure. Whenever I open the door on the enclosure she slithers right out onto my hand. She seems very curious. My other issue is humidity. I have a dial hygrometer as well as a digital hygrometer/thermometer with a probe, and both are reading excessively high humidity levels - anywhere from 80-90%. Which doesn't seem right because it does not feel humid in my room. My older brother has a Western Hognose in his room and his humidity levels stay right around 65%, and it feels way more humid in his room than in mine. So I'm not sure why I'm getting such high readings. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I will post some pictures below of her and her setup. P.S. She is a cinnamon pinstripe morph. P.P.S., I sometimes use the heat lamp to help suck out the apparently "high" humidity inside her tank
Your cold side temps are to low. They should never drop below 80-82. Your hot side should be about 90. Ambient (air temp) should be about 83ish. Cluttering up the tank will help alot. Your snake is probably stressed from moving and everything. And having your tank so open. Make her/him feel more secure. Also how are u measureing temps/humidity?

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