Re: Too Much Handling of New Ball Python??
Thank you!
When he roams the enclosure it's primarily at night, he rarely gets out of his hides during the day and is currently hanging out in one right now. As far as his hides go, I got him an All Living Things Reptile Bogwood to bask, climb and hide inside of that's on the right side of the cage underneath the heating lamp with space behind it to hide in and an All Living Things Tropical Cave to hide inside of on the cooler left side of the tank with space to hide behind it as well. His water dish is in the middle of the tank and theres a buddha figurine that sits in the front of the Bogwood.
For heating I have a clamp lamp that sits at the top of the enclosure on the right side with a 75W red light bulb. I measure the temps of the enclosure mainly with a digital infrared thermometer that I point at different spots in the cage to check every now and then, and I have a thermometer/humidity gauge that sits level to where he is in the tank that I use to eyeball the temp and humidity. The humidity goes between 47% to 60%, and the temp is 90F on the right side of the tank and 78-83 on the left side of the tank where there isn't any heating. For bedding I use Eco Terra Coconut fiber substrate and have sheet moss scattered throughout the tank.
The way his tank is set up kind of blocks off the sides and back of the enclosure. His tank is on a tv drawer that sits low between a normal drawer and a shelf that I have on the sides of it, the back of the tank faces a wall. I was debating about getting a background cover for the tank, but I'm still not sure. I'll try to provide a link with a picture of the set up soon if needed.
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