ball python

justinalbino · Valued Member Joined: Mar 14, 2008 Posts: 142

hey well i got my ball today =] i'll take pictures of it tonight. when should i start handling it?? the store owner feed it every thursday so ill try feeding thursday

corn-ball · Honored Member Joined: Jul 02, 2008 Posts: 224

he might be weird about eating in his new environment, but then he might not. i handled mine as soon as i got him and he was very calm. i think it should be fine, but someone on here with probably differ.

P.S. make sure his water dish is big enough for him to fit his whole body in. i didn't realize at first how important that was for a good shed. my BP hates water, but he knows what he has to do when it's sheddin time.

teguman1 · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 2:48 pm Post subject:

also dont feed him in his cage
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justinalbino · Valued Member Joined: Mar 14, 2008 Posts: 142

lol today my gf and i named the ball.... ekans from pokemon lol snake backwards. well i'm gonna take picture tonight when ekans is awake. currently in a rubber maid tub with holes aroud the top rim for ventelation. a under the tank heater attached with a rhetrostat. a clay cave and a water bowl in it. i was planning on getting ekans a vision cage maybe a 3 or 4 foot long one. pctures soon promise o yea im hiding ekans from my parents lol know bad but hey my love for animals is unstoppable muhaha!!

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teguman1 · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:00 pm Post subject:

lol
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one arg b&w tegu oreo
4 dogs ruby, jake, and of corse my rolie
3 rabbits
7 chickens
2 ducks
and 4 breeder rats

justinalbino · Valued Member Joined: Mar 14, 2008 Posts: 142

i think its a female =] so her names gonna be kain. when should i start handing her?? and should i try to feed her every week? or should i let her adjust to her new enviornment?

justinalbino · Valued Member Joined: Mar 14, 2008 Posts: 142

o yeah forgot to ask but kain has a bit of stuck shed patches on her head. what should do for this??

justinalbino · Valued Member Joined: Mar 14, 2008 Posts: 142

any help please =]

justinalbino · Valued Member Joined: Mar 14, 2008 Posts: 142

bumpity bump.

TokayK · Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:01 pm Post subject:

As you have not handled her much, you may want to let her wait til her next shed--in some cases, if the humidity is good enough, the old shed will come off with the new. If it does not, When you are used to handling her (and also this depends on how stressed she gets...) grasp her neck directly behind her head (not too hard, but strong enough to keep her head in place) and you can take a soft towel moistened in warm water to gently rub the shed loose--Be very careful as this can cause stress--if she is too stressed or you dont feel comfortable about this, take her to a vet or a person with herp experiance (ie a reptile shop owner)--they would probably be able to show the best way to remove retained sheds.
Good luck!

justinalbino · Valued Member Joined: Mar 14, 2008 Posts: 142

so try to handle her and feed her after her next shed???

angelrose · Moderator Joined: Jan 05, 2008 Posts: 1467

boamaster.com is very good. the humidity should be around 65%. there should be two hides one on the hot side and one on the cool side. this way she can regulate her temperature and does not get stressed. I have had two bally pythons for a good while now and have tried different things and I have noticed that they preferred regular shoe box hides with a hole made on the top of the box. big enough for them to get in and out. big enough for them but small enough to make them feel secure. oh and you can also make a moist (not wet) hide with spagnum (spell right ?) moss and rubbermaid box placed over the uth or simply place and keep a moist (not wet) wash cloth in the hide over the uth.

offer kain a mouse/rat what ever is appropriate for her size once a week if she doesn't want it/eat it then wait till next week to offer again.

are her eyes still milky gonna shed look ?

does she eat live or f/t ? if live then leave it in there no more then 15 minutes and always watch. for my ball pythons, I always hold the tail of the mouse on the very end and if they want it they grab it so fast and do the twisty thing quicker then I can bat an eyelash.
I just want to say I do that with my ' ball pythons ' not the others. and as you know always make sure you wash your hands before and after.