Mine are in 4’ AP enclosures. The T8 is on sale but I suggest the T10 for cleaning purposes and its easier to get the snake in and out with taller doors. I went with T12’s for a higher enclosure for my sake.
I have xl Reptiles Basics hides and a 5qt water bowl from Tractor Supply. That leaves about 1 foot of open area on each side of the water bowl. A healthy Ball Python has no problems with this type of setup. There will be a ton of people that try to say this is way too big for a ball python and what I find are these are mostly people that have gotten a ball python from a pet store or from a bad breeder. Those snakes have a tendency to be nervous, unhealthy and finicky eaters. With that said those types of ball pythons have a problem in almost everything except for a rack system.
Both of mine have been in these since hatchlings. I just changed the size hides as they like to be in a fitting hide. Each night they come out and they stay hidden all day. There are times of year where they have odd behavior, however thats each year like clock work not because of the enclosure size.
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