Idk about yall. But my BP identifies as semi arboreal. F the terrestrial life he says. (For those who may be concerned- he has 5 hides. He chooses the climbing life. And- who can blame him??)

It was so funny seeing him trying to periscope with the leaf around his head. He managed to get it off about 20 seconds later.

Hi everyone I’m a first time snake parent and this is my ghost girl Eleanor (Nora) we got her Friday and she’s formally starting to venture out ! If anyone could leave any tips on handling feeding anything really it would be greatly appreciated, her current hot side temp is 92 and the cool side is 78 her humidity is at about66-67 .

Frank looked pretty comfortable last night while waiting for his dinner.

After 4-5 months with me, Phantom's burns are gone. Any trace of stuck shed is gone aswell.

Hey guys! I was hanging out with my sweet angel Vic on the couch the other day and he decided to go through one of the holes in a crochet blanket. I wasn’t too worried at first cause I figured if his head fit through the hole, the rest of his body would too. Well, I ended up cutting the blanket to get him out. But I can’t stop wondering if he could have gotten out of it. Thoughts?

Have my boy in a temporary tub while his enclosure gets renovated🙂‍↕️ why's he sleeping so weirdly🥲

I thought it was just staining at first, so I tried rubbing him a little bit with a wet paper towel and a tiny bit of yellow came off so I thought oh surely this is just substrate staining! Yay, that’s easy to fix. But then it just stopped coming off at some point and it just stayed there. So what do I do now?

Hey everyone!

I’m looking for recommendations for a budget-friendly night vision camera so I can keep an eye on my ball python, Brownie, when she’s most active at night!

Ideally, I’d love something that:

🐍 Has decent night vision without needing visible lights.
Connects to my smartphone so I can check on her anytime.
🐍 Has a clear enough picture to see what she’s up to.
🐍 Is affordable! I don’t need anything super fancy.

I’d also love to know how you’ve mounted your cameras or positioned them to get a good view of the enclosure.

What cameras are you guys using, and would you recommend them? Bonus points if you can share nighttime footage or pictures so I can see the quality!
Thanks in advance! 🐍❤️

Got a new set up for her and she was checking it out and tried to squeeze through a very small Crack between the sliding plexiglass and the wall. Ive seen several posts where if its a very superficial scrape to wait for a shed and it should heal. She is now shedding but my humidity in this tank hasn't been perfect right out the gate and shes shedding but its bad and I feel awful enough but the part that was scraped is indeed starting to peel but now she just has this huge strip of scale peeling back off her nose. I dont see any raised swelling or fleshy red or pink coloration anywhere and I think I saw someone say the first shed may make it look worse so I am trying not to panic and I think I literally just have to wait. Im fair sure I should not try to like give her a bath and get it off myself right? BTW I have gotten humidity back to near 70 pretty consistently so I have hope she'll be back to normal next shed.

Got him out again, we had some company and I wanted to show off my new baby! Nobody else held him, just looked. He's opening up a lot now, and has been so silly lately

He also ate his third meal last night, Im so proud of him! We ordered a 2×2×18 tank for him while we save for his final. Did not realize how quickly he was gonna grow..

So he never comes to me willingly! I laid down and he laid his head on me! Does it count as cuddling? Know what! I’m gonna stay in denial! I do remember falling asleep and waking up to him crawling around me one night!

this shed has been stuck on my ball pythons head for a little while does anyone have any good tips?

I just recently got substrate for my snakes as she’s finally done with mites 🥹🥹🥹😇. I got some cypress mulch and coconut soil, and when I poured the Thrive Tropical Natural Loose Coconut Soil into the tank it let off a smell, i mean the bag has it too, it isn’t strong enough to smell from across the room but if you hover your head over the tank or bag you’ll smell it. It’s not like rotten, but like sour, like earthy smells mixed with something a little strong. Will this be a problem for my ball python or is this just natural coconut soil smell that will go away after ventilation?

We've had our snake for three years and in the past couple of months we've been catching him fairly frequently soaking in his water bowl. I know this is not normal behavior. We have one other ball python in a nearly identical enclosure who is not doing this behavior. We don't see mites on either snake. My husband and I are both veterinarians if that qualifies us more to make that assertion. We have examined them both several times. The water bowl is on the cool side. I'm attaching photos of the tank and the thermometer/hygrometers on both sides. He's about three years old. I feed him one small rat once monthly around the 1st of every month sometimes a quail or chick (5-7% of his body weight per meal). He eats reliably. He sheds normally. Last shed might have been around a month ago. While we've been trying to figure this out we've been cooling down the tank. For awhile it was warmer -low 90s on the warm side, low 80s on the cool side.

Happy to answer any questions and take any feedback, I just want to help him. Thank you!

Okay so I know my girl is in a growth spurt but last week I think I definitely overfed her. The last pic was the day I got her at Aquashella. She looked healthy and hydrated and I don’t think that picture does justice to how tiny she really was. She easily fit in my palm. Breeder said she was eating pinky rat pups so that’s what I gave her the first few weeks. However after she ate she was really sniffing around so I’d run back to get her a hopper too to make sure she was good. She’d take it every time and instead of (what appeared to me as) looking for more, she’d laze out or hide which indicated to me that she was satisfied. 3 weeks ago she was 90 g, then I moved on from the rat/mouse combo to two rat pups which she seemed to appreciate. I know they can’t talk but she genuinely seemed happier when she had that meal. I re weighed later that week and she hit 140g. I kept her at the two rat pups until last weekend I gave her two and she still looked hungry so I gave her a hopper too. She was interested but took the hopper suuuper slow so I worried that the hopper was too much even though she took it. Acted normal after eating. I know I need to reweigh her to really see where we’re at with feeding and that she should only be getting 10-15% body weight until she hits 500g.

I guess my overall question her is, should I stretch out her feeding since I know I overfed her last week? She consistently eats every Saturday so I was worried it’ll stress her if I stretch her out until Tuesday I was thinking? Planning to reweigh before feeding again either way. She is my first snake so I like to think I understand her but advice from more experienced owners is always helpful and appreciated.

We got our first ball python 4 weeks ago. He's had these spots along his spine since then. What could they be? They feel rougher to the touch but haven't gotten worse or better?

He sits I guess 🤣

recently found out no one makes 125 watt bulbs anymore so i'm trying to find a better heat source than just 2 100's or a 150. the basking area is probably about 8-12 inches away from the heat source if that matters.

recommend the best brands and the best methods (preferably not insanely expensive) for heating a 110 gallon (yes ik under the standard im working to get a 4x2x2). i'm planning to invest in a good thermostat as well. will remove this post once i have my heating questions answered. thanks in advance!!

Hello! I just got my first ball python and I’m so excited to be Dr. Wyrms new mom. I wanted suggestions for his tank. Right now I have a 100watt red night time bulb, a heating pad set to 95 degrees, a cold hide, a warm and cold water bowl and I’m going to get a warm hide tomorrow.

Should I get a 75 watt regular bulb and turn it off at night or leave the 100w nocturnal one on all the time? Thank you in advance!

Pippen guard of the citadel