Just few notes to BP Husbandry FAQs...

[JLC]

I think everyone has pretty much addressed all your points...but sometimes I just can't ignore the urge to put my own two cents into the mix. So here's a point-by-point response:

I'm noob here so first what I have done is read FAQs. Is that possible I have bit different experience so far that some answers are? Is my snake that different or I have been making some mistake or what? Let me share and please give me some opinion . Thanks in advance...

First off, there is no single perfect way to keep any animal, including BP's. Different people find different methods that work for them and that's fine. What we try to do with our caresheets and faqs and other advice we offer is to distill ALL the different methods into the most basic and "tried-n-true" methods that any new person can apply with a confident expectation of success.

I have heat rock with thermostat (I have set max temp as 35°C/95F) and operation only during day cycle. I have read somewhere snake need some heat source from bottom to be able digest better... dunno...

Belly heat is accepted by most to be the optimal source of heat for ball pythons. However, this is best accomplished with a UTH, rather than a heat rock. I'm glad you have it controlled with a t-stat...that's certainly more than most folks will do if they have one. But those rocks are very poorly made and you still run a high risk of causing burns with it.

Really no drop? So... is in Africa the same temperature during day and night? . I have read many times that drop is needed as part of day/night cycle for reptiles... however temperature must never drop below 21°C/70F. That's what I have read... so my average temp during day is 26°C-27°C/78-80F and during night 23-24°C/73-75F. Is that really bad?

I don't think it's "bad"...it's just not necessary. Why add to the complication of keeping them if it's not needed? If you enjoy doing it, and your snake continues to eat well and thrive with it, then that's fine. If, however, your snake should stop eating or shows other signs of stress, you might consider constantly fluctuating temps as one source of stress that you can try removing.

No UVB needed at all? UVB is for optimal calcium metabolism plus converts vitamin D into vitamin D3. So guy from local terra-shop has recommended me this Repti Glo 5.0 Compact Tropical Terrarium Lamp... ???

As has already been pointed out, these are nocturnal animals and don't typically bask in the sunlight. When they need to, they'll come out after the sun has gone down and bask on rocks warmed by the sun earlier. If they're not seeking UVB in their natural environment, why should we force it on them in captivity?

Big surprise for me what she thinks is good hide . I have prepared amazing hide from old wood (scrubbed with heat to be sure it's not contaminated). Really luxury hide on the ground, wide to provide colder and warmer end... however she has chosen to hide behind plant "on the first floor" (left-middle dark side in pictures below)

I can't really tell what your "hide" is like from your pictures. If the hide itself is big enough to have a warm side and a cool side...then it's hardly a snug little cave that they prefer. Just give it a try...get a really small "cave" (you can buy them at the pet store, or you can make your own out of any inexpensive opaque plastic container...just cut a hole in the side) and put one on the cool side and one on the warmer side of the enclosure. Give the snake a few days to figure out that they're there and convince himself they're safe...and I'll bet you you'll see your snake using them all the time.

While you're enclosure is, without a doubt, beautiful....that exposed light is dangerous. Seriously dangerous. Ball pythons aren't the brightest of critters...and they don't experience pain when exposed to heat as we might think they do. They can easily burn themselves quite severely on something like that.

In addition to the danger that light exposes your snake to...it is also a source of stress. As has been pointed out several times, these animals like to come out at night...and spend the day snugged up in their burrows or little caves. They don't like bright light...and having something that bright and close is a source of high stress.

She loves to climb! I have seen her only once on the ground for my eyes... I'm sure she is on the ground only for two reasons: poop (right corner) and drink (left corner) see picture below )

Young ball pythons do like to climb. And if you enjoy maintaining an environment that allows it, there's certainly nothing wrong with providing them stuff to climb on.

What you want to be looking for, though, is not a snake that is constantly climbing and moving around, but a snake that usually only comes out in the evening or nighttime to explore and move around a bit. A happy ball python is a lazy snake, even when young...and they spend most of their days (sometimes days and days at a time without moving at all) sleeping in their little caves.

What you think? Thanks for comments again...

So, there ya go. That's what I think. I think your enclosure is beautiful. You just need to get that light out of there. That's the critical point I can't stress enough. And I would also highly recommend trying small, snug hides that hug the snake on all sides. If it seems too small, it's probably perfect. And I would highly recommend exchanging that heat rock for a proper UTH.

Hope that's helped some!