Quote Originally Posted by Caali View Post
A few things come to my mind:

1. Don‘t use a log as a hide. It doesn‘t give the animal a sense of security. Choose a hide that has only one entrance.

2. Use two identical hides.

3. It looks like you put only a little bit of substrate in there. I would go for at least 4cm to 5cm (or 1,5 to 2 inches).

4. Put in some fake plants. They can help to give the snake security.

5. Give the snake a log to climb on.

6. Don‘t handle him until he has eaten 3 meals in a row.

7. The enclosure size is a different matter. Normally I‘d say that the enclosure should at least as long as the snake. With younger snakes that‘s a bit more difficult because they grow so fast. I had my ball python (when he wad just 13 inches long) in a enclosure of 70cm x 50cm x 50cm but that was after I noticed that he prefered lots of space. I wouldn‘t suggest to do the same since it was really weird
Deborah wrote a „Hatchling 101“ that is full a great tips and experience.
I suggest you take a look at it (https://ball-pythons.net/forums/show...-hatchling-101).

8. Please tell us the temperature and the humidity. I know that you‘ve said they were fine but there‘s a lot of wrong information on ball pythons. We have make sure we rule out all other causes in order to know what you‘re snake has.
The temperatures on top of the heat mat (glass) is upper 88 - 93. The cool side is currently 79. The ambient is 79-80.

Also, if I add more substrate, it will be much cooler on top of the substrate while the glass is still 88-93. Is this ok?

And I see logs are bad but it chooses it over the hot side hide.

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