Hi, everyone,


I have not been doing my research in all the years that I have owned my ball python, and it seems like I have messed up on many things as far as proper care goes.


- I never monitored temperature and humidity.
- I housed him in a 60 gallon glass tank, which made it difficult to maintain proper temperature.
- I used heat lamps.


I live in San Fernando Valley, California and humidity is a huge problem here. I think, heat lamps dried out the habitat even more and eventually caused bad sheds and retained eyecaps.


The snake has never been shedding well because of poor humidity. I always had to soak it in a tub of water and help it shed the rest of the skin. It seems that eyecaps from the previous sheds have been retained and possibly infected. Here is the picture of what his eyes look like.







A few weeks ago, it dawned on me that I am doing something seriously wrong. After doing some research, I moved him to a 41 qt tub (He is 1580 gr and 123 cm). Humidity is closely monitored and stays around 50-60%. I used 11 in x 11 in UTH on one side of the cage and keep it around 94 deg F. I also started to use newspaper as substrate.


My plan is:


- Maintain proper humidity and temperature.
- Maintain sanitary conditions.
- Let him have a nice shed or two in hopes that this can heal and he can shed it all off.


Can you please let me know your honest opinion about what you see in these pictures, and give me some advice me on what I can do about this?


Thanks.