Ron's Ball Python Blog

i have a baby ball pyhon too and he used to strike at me when i had him in his feeding container. You just have to wait until she gets ready to come out of the container. let her begin to crawl out of the cage and take her out when shes done (that will let you know that shes done)

Hmmmm...after reading this I started to think of not buying from the nearby reptile breeder/store because they had a few WC BP babys. I'm only 14 1/2 and i dont think my uncle would like the idea of getting a reptile shipped to him (if i could pay shipping and such, i would buy from you.) I've owned and taken care of a lot of different reptiles since I was 8 , and this place sounds okay...unlike petsmart where my Crestie died almost a year after I got her. (nothing against them, im sure some are ok). the place is this place here : Off The Ark Exotic Pets. I think what im going to do is ask to check out and handle their snakes to check for mites and such and make sure that their cages are clean and temps and humidity are correct. they say they treat their WC snakes for internal and external parasites but most likely im getting one of their "CB" snakes, but ive heard of people just saying that theyre animals are CB so people will buy them (should i ask about parent lines? where they got them?). you seem much smarter than i am about this. what do you think about my plan? (and try not to say buy from you, i would, but i dont think my uncle would want to. hes even reluctant about buying nonliving things online).

Yesterday was the first time I have given my ball python frozen prey, but only the second time I had fed her (she is just a hatchling).

I put the mouse in the cage and she was immediately interested. Knowing before that she only ate in the dark, I turned all the lights off in my room so I could catch. To give me a little extra light, I turned on my infrared lamp so I could see and the moment I did that, she struck towards the light twice. Although she knew it was feeding time, she relied more on the heat signature than anything else to feed despite the fact that she was lying directly on the mouse I placed in the cage.

After that, I had decided that I would heat the mouse hot water instead of just warm water...that way, she would be able to "see" it much better.

I will certainly try some of the tips here. I recently adopted a mostly neglected ball python. When I got him, his habitat was filthy, his hide was full of shed skin, and he was fed regularly in his cage. There was alos a lot of marijuana smoked in his environment.

The first couple weeks he was ok, only trying to strike at me once or twice. But in the last ten days he will not let my hand in his habitat at all. He strikes at everything. I had to use a hook to take him out a few days ago and he struck repeatedly at his heat lamp. If I try to hold him he squirms like crazy trying to get around to bite me. His temperature kept at around 80, and I'm doing what I can to keep humidity up but it generally rests around 40%. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

Josh: I've never used Eco-Earth so I can't be of much help to you about that product. We do use aspen and it's a pretty decent substrate. I'm sure one of our members in the ball python forum has used Eco-Earth and can be of more assistance about this product. Please post your question there for a quick response from our members.

Do you think that Eco-Earth is a good substrate for a Ball Python? I've read mixed things on that...some say aspen and other's use Eco-Earth. What would you recommend?

I have some soft furs for sale, please email me for availability. I am located in Fremont, NE 68025 I also have some mice too.

Hi nice text only one question how many days medicated snake with the baytril? And how mg is a one ml? Thanks

Hi there.
I just bought this model of Ranco and I would like to install it to my cooler. I am situated in Iceland (Europe) so I will do the wiring according to a 240V. But I read somewhere that the information in the brochure to wire a 240V cord is not for users in Europe (because one end is hot and the other is neutral) ???
Have you heard of this ?
Regards
Arni

my two month old ball python started shedding last week and it wouldnt all come off just on the head but in pieces he eats fine and i mist his cage we even gave him a luke warm bath what could it be he seems to be acting normal i am just worried thanks.

just here doing my homework, thinking of getting a ball python as my first snake; what do you think?
i would really love to have it chill around my neck or hand, thats really cool to me. but, i'm pretty excited.
only thing that i am worried about is having the tank habitat at the exactly right temperature.

my ball wont eat for me the pet store said that she always ate for them but she wont feed for me wat do i do

your punnett squar explanation was good.but i wont to know how do you find out what you got,and what type of pattern you may have.In other words what section of the skin do you look at,and does it vary from a design on each snake. thanks

do you know anyone willing to ship feeder mice ?cuz i have california king snake and going to be buying a ball python

I've had my ball for about a year now and have always fed him outside the tank in a seperate container. He's always been nothing but docile when I open his tank and has never struck at me in all the time that I've had him.

It's a good thing I am reading all these post before getting my kid those rodents. Good to learn about all this on a single blog. Thanks for all these tips!

ok my ball python is about two months old and going through his first shed, he isnt doing very well at it, i have tried the luke warm baths, up the humidity a bit, he doesnt seem to be able to remove the old skin from the top of his back. the baths dont seem to be helping, the old skin seems like it just isnt ready to come off. is there anything i can do to help or should i just wait until he sheds again?

Also, does the male need to be taken out?

Our ball python apparently just layed some eggs, but she isn't curled around them, just off to the side of them. She has layed them in their regular showbox, which is over the heating pad. Also, the eggs appear to be somewhat lumpy (I will try to add pictures). One of them is somewhat brown-what do we do about it? Thanks!

I had got my 3 month old Ball Python about 1-2 months ago and just found out that she had got her fangs taken out. it makes me wonder if she dose okay eating like that because i have never really seen her eat because she wont eat unless it is dark meaning that i have to put a blanket over her cage. But she seems to be doing okay so i am not to worried about it anymore. she is almost 4 months old and is already 3 feet long and her cage is about 12 feet long and about 3 feet wide and i am wondering if anyone could help me out because i have heard that a Ball Python can get as big as their habitat and if that is true i need to get a smaller cage for her because i would be afraid that she would try to eat me or something. lol just kidding. but yea my Ball Python has been shedding for about a week 1/2 now ans she still has lots on her tail and 4 inches up i am going to try to lay her in the bath tub tomorrow but for now i will let her sleep ans i am going to do the same thing so good night snake lovers i will read some more about you soon xoxoxo love:*Brittany James* from:Indiana