First, thank you so much for the response. That takes time to type out, and it’s why I love forums so much. People on them are here for the love and passion of the subject. So, thank you so much for the detailed response. I’ll go ahead and give a rundown below:
So, we are a homeschool family and have spent the last month doing a unit in Ball Pythons and their care. Obviously, we are novices. My kid (8) just gave a Facebook presentation on why they make good pets. I digress.
setup: regarding mites, I looked super close at him, but at this point I guess we just hope he is ok. I didn’t see anything crawling around on his white part. I made the hides out of plastic bowls from dollar tree, so I can always chunk them and make more. They were only like six bucks.
20 gallon with sliding lid (tank was given and will be used for the next year. We would like a pvc upgrade)
heat pad with thermostat set to about 88-90. We are tweaking heat some. The lid has foil tape for humidity control and heat retention. Humidity is 60% on the cooler side, but the warm side is tough because of the overhead heat. We may add a humid hide.
ceramic heat emitter on warm side— ambient temp of about 87. Cool side is around 78-80. The heat rock is non functioning and only decor. We didn’t trust it and chopped the cable just to use it for a little basking place.
he takes frozen food and is on rat fuzzies, which we picked up at repticon. The seller said he’s taken about 14 meals so far. I sent an email about an hour ago for some clarifying questions on actual hatch day.
I let the kiddo handle him for a few minutes before we got him into his setup because I knew we couldn’t hang onto him at first. We are going to offer him a meal after about a week of just not doing anything with him, and from there just gradually allow him to get used to our hands being around the tank but not on him.
im sure I’m forgetting something. But, it gives you an idea of kind of where we are. Commentary is most welcome and appreciated.
Kat
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