Quote Originally Posted by Joci View Post
No offense to you Dutti, but not considering the answers that the experts on this forum give seems to be a trend with you... Why are you asking questions and giving information if you don't seem to want their advice??

Also, do a quick google search and you will find that ball pythons are a terrestrial species. They spend most of their lives underground in abandoned rodent burrows, or hidden under foliage waiting for their next meal.

It's not in their nature to climb up to a "floor space", and I simply don't understand why you would insist on keeping such an animal in an enclosure that is obviously meant for an arboreal animal!
You are talking like he is not going to have any floor space at all. Of course he will have a hide, his water bowl and his heating source all on the floor and an additional space will remain also. Every animal is differant. If i put him for example in a glass tank (like the photo of SDA) no matter how big the floor space is, most likely that he will go off food because he does not like to be seen a lot. The most important indication if a BP is happy and secure is that he eats regulary and do not go off food. All the talk about utilizing the height and istalling a board and branches is only meant when he sometimes get active at night so he will have enough space to move.