Others will come and offer specifics on husbandry. You need to square that aware and make sure it is perfect to reduce stress of this ball python.

Sounds like you and your friend tried to "rescue" either a wild born or escaped ball python. There is no telling the health of this snake or if it has any parasites, mites, etc.

If the snake is healthy then you are going to have to leave it alone once you get husbandry under control.

Since you assist fed it and it regurgitated, you must wait no less than 2 weeks before trying to feed it again. After that two week where all you are going to do during that time is clean any waste and refill water, you can then offer food again.

There is no guarantee you will be able to feed this wild snake nor get it to acclimate to an enclosure. You need to consider it a wild animal as in Florida there are many escaped species like this.

Honestly the best thing you could do is look up a reptile rescue and surrender this to people better experienced to handle wild caught reptiles.


If that is not something you are willing to do you will need to follow every advice about perfecting husbandry to reduce as much stress as you can and once you have that under control and if you get your snake to start feeding, you need to make a vet appointment to get test done for infestations to rule out parasite and disease.


Not trying to be hard on you but keeping any wild animal is never a good idea.