Help give me a crash course on ball pythons

[redshepherd]

Excellent! Those are the details I needed to know so thank you so much for sharing! I'm hoping starting with the T5/11 will work out but if not I'll have the tub enclosure prepared as a plan b. Will probably ask for two Flexwatt's just in case, figure having an extra available as a backup/replacement would be a good idea regardless of the tub.

How small would you recommend the openings for hides to be? I'm not sure how fast a male baby bp will grow so would he ever get stuck? I'm hoping by then I'd notice baby has gotten bigger and I can just replace it with a bigger hide.

Also do you know how well suction cups stick to AP's walls?

I'd make it easy and get reptilebasics hides. The small hide box fits a baby BP for a couple months at least, and I'd get four of them for your cage size- http://www.reptilebasics.com/small-hide-box

You can order a couple mediums too for when your bp grows bigger.

No worries, they won't get stuck Their bodies are smooth and they can slide themselves in or out of anywhere LOL

Ideally, a hide should have one opening that should be just small enough (or slightly bigger) for the snake's body to slide through, and the snake can hide itself completely inside.