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    Re: Need help with a scared baby BP

    Ok here goes:

    1. We have had this ball python for about 2-2.5 months now. She is about 4 months old
    2. I don't know her current weight but she is approx 20 inches long
    3. She eats regularly once a week (Sundays) and has never not eaten
    4. I picked her up last mid week, this is the first time in 7 weeks that I have held her. That was 2 weeks ago. We were trying to give her more time to settle in.
    5. We are currently feeding her 1-2 hoppers. And she ate her first small adult this past weekend.
    6. We only offer food once a week
    7. Her terrarium is 30" wide x 15" Tall x 15" deep. She has two hides (they look like caves, cold and warm end), and some fake greenery which she seems to really like.
    8. Aspen Substrate, it works wicked in our really dry climate, it's about 2.5" thick as we don't need the under tank heating right now.
    9. Currently I have a heat lamp on her, for 14 hours, on a timer. In the winter we also use the under tank mats on a thermostat, and we check temp with an infrared thermometer. Both snakes (separate tanks) avg 88-92 on the warm side and right now, around 80-84 on the cool, depending on the temp outside.
    10. Avg humidity is low, we live in a climate dryer than Nevada... so it's around 30%. When they go into shed, I kick it up to about 50% and have never had a shed problem with either of my snakes.
    11. Both snakes live in separate enclosures, with nothing else, the enclosures are side by side. For now, Angus' (the other BP) is in a much larger tank. As she grows she will get a new one as well.
    12. We take Angus out several times a week, but this little one, we are discussing has only come out 4 times in the last 2-2.5 months. She's also been vet checked and was in great health. We have an awesome exotics vet here in Calgary.
    13. She has been our newest addition. We have Angus who is just over 1 and doing awesome, and the new little girl Aria.
    14. We purchased her from a breeder, and i don't have any medical history, other than the one I've established, but the vet said she looked great, she was just young...


    Thank you for the reply! She eats like a champion. And in 1/2 the time it takes Angus, so i have no concerns there. We really just want the best for her, so we are happy to leave her be and let her settle. I realize the answer is different for all of them, but should we wait 6 months? Just let her be really comfortable... Be able to predict most of what we do? Their terrariums are in our living room/kitchen, and we live in a loft so it's wide open.
    Last edited by HNECdn; 07-31-2019 at 02:05 AM.

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