Welcome to the forum. Here's the caresheet for ball pythons. You'll find lots of good information there....feel free to ask questions about anything to do with getting your snake all set up and settled in properly.

http://www.ball-pythons.net/modules....warticle&id=52

Ball pythons are shy, fairly secretive snakes that need hides on both cool and warm sides of their enclosures in order to properly thermoregulate for digestion. They also have specific needs as far as temperature and humidity so they can be happy, healthy, eat and shed correctly. They need more floor space than height as they aren't climbers usually.

Whatever housing option you are considering think about it's ability to hold proper temps and more importantly humidity (screen tops are difficult that way), as well as good floor space and enough of it to give a decent thermal gradient. Warm side 92-94 degrees, cool side 82-84 so you want about a 10 degree or so gradient. Humidity normally about 50-60% raised to around 70% during their shed cycles.

Spend lots of time and ask tons of questions about housing. If you set up something that is easily manageable you'll save hours of fiddling with things trying to achieve a nice stable environment for your snake.

We also have a great search function here so there's lots of threads available for you to review. Please feel free to ask any questions that come to mind.


~~Jo~~