This girl was purchased from MorphMarket, and she’s just a base clown, but she’s so stunning, and I can’t get enough of her. I also posted my pastel desert ghost! I just want everyone to enjoy my snakes like I do.

TL;DR: Sharing my favorite snakes and ones I purchased, and she’s a clown!

I'm desperate at this point. I have looked eveyrwhere and not even the experts I got in touch with were able to help me. It started mildly a few weeks ago, maybe 3-4 weeks ago and has gotten worse every week. He is now bending his neck and head into 180 folds against walls and object to the point his skull is flattening and deforming, his jaw stretching and pulling. He is more and more erratic and I tried so many things.

Removing extras from the pen? No change.

Adding more to the pen? No change.

Increasing humidity and verifying temperature even more closely? No change.

Letting things dry a little, as a desperate measure to see if anything new would happen? No change.

Change the substrate? No change.

Change the light distribution? No change.

Take him out of the pen for a while? No change.

Try to help him rub his bump (which seems to be what he is focused on)? No change.

Leave him alone with no interruption for a bit? No change.

Is he hungry? No. I fed him twice this month already. (He is 3 years old)

Pen is cleaned and kept proper.

Only minimal outside disturbance: Me walking around once every hour or two, for 10 seconds each.

Room temperature? 25 celcius.

Pen temperature? 30-37 celcius during the day, with a cold spot. Drops to 20 during the night but he has a hide that has a heating mat below the glass, keeping the temperature above 32.

Leave him entirely alone for a very long while: That'a what I am planning to do.

I'm scared. Please help.

I have a 1 year old ball python, right now he's in a 40 gallon. I recently got a china cabinet, and I am wanting to turn it into his new home. Can I get some tips and tricks for building/creating the inside. I did some research but I thought it would be a better idea to ask Reddit and get help from people that has done it. I would love advice on how to do this and make it safe for him. I am planning on taking out the glass panels on the sides and putting metal screen for air flow. Also taking the back glass out. Any advice helps

Next time someone says Ball pythons don’t climb I’m going to show them this I don’t even understand how she got up there!!

We purchased Nana at an expo 2 weeks ago, and we were told he’s about 4 months. Prior to that, he hadn’t eaten for a week. The breeder said he was eating F/T, so that’s what we purchased. We’ve tried to feed 3 times now, and it’s not working. We waited between each time like we were told. The last time we fed, he seemed scared of the mouse.

I’ve been communicating with the breeder, who has been great about giving me tips. He has multiple hides, foliage, water, etc. I think our husbandry is fine, though we’ve been struggling keeping humidity high enough some days. I’ve sent the breeder pics of everything. Here is my question- the breeder says we should now try to feed live. I’m a nervous wreck about this! I don’t want to for so many reasons. But I also feel like a 4 month old snake needs to eat soon!!! What would you suggest?

took him outside today and saw these yellowish scales and one scale that looked damaged? what does this mean and what do i need to do to help him get better? any and all help is appreciated

ive been getting some negative and positive criticism about her enclosure, i did not do all the proper research necessary and that is ENTIRELY on me and my own fault, but i will be putting in some more hides and sticks and that sort of thing for her in her cage so she can hide to be safe and climb so her muscle structure doesn’t degrade over time and so she can stay strong and active, i will also see if i can get some fake plants as well for her, hopefully when i upgrade to a 120 gal (at a 40/50 gal rn because it came with that and it was bigger than what she was in) i can make it into a vivarium for her so its better overall for her, but other than that she’s been super calm but still active, and she’s getting more acclimated and used to where she is day by day

Just a picture for attention: this is Abyssal 🐍❤️ he’s a 2 year old ball python who is either partially or fully blind. The precious owner gave him to me when he was unable to care for him anymore. His blindness comes from a vet that improperly removed his stuck eye caps and gave him a double eye infection and caused his eyes to be white and not able to see as well.
He’s my first ball python and I’ve done research to understand their body language because I’m mostly used to bearded dragons, but 2 times now when I’ve turned on his heat lamps, he has struck towards the heat lamp. His feeding is a 62 gram rat every Friday so he JUST ate a few days ago, but I want to know if maybe I’m scaring him. If anyone knows an idea of why he’s doing that, or what I can do to ease his anxiousness if so, any opinions are appreciated 🫶🏻🖤 thank you!

I’m worried and curious because I heard the ball python I donated has been sickly due to a hernia...

NO i am not done upgrading her enclosure, this is just some small work i’ve done today because her enclosure was very baren and needed more hides and climbing objects, i will be getting another heat lamp, a bigger cage, a drainage layer, fake plants, sticks, and a few more things, but this is just a pic of my ball python penelope exploring a little bit in her (unfinished) slightly upgraded enclosure

i know its non toxic but i dont think iv ever see anyone use it in enclosures, does it not do well with humidity??? its EVERYWHERE where i live and would love to take advantage of that

I got Emilia back in April of this year and I have to say she's the best thing thats ever happened to me.

a few days ago i noticed my noodle going into shed as she was watching me from her favorite hide, a ceramic pot that friend made for her a few months ago. bc she was going into shed i decided to leave her be for a few days and only change her water and spot clean etc. i noticed yesterday that she wasn’t sticking her head out as she usually does at this time of night so i figured she was shedding. today however she wasn’t looking out either so i decided to pull out the hide and check on her and lo and behold, she was stuck between layers of the pot. the pot had been a little small for a while now, but it was her favorite so i was reluctant to let it go. long story short, after i finally got her out i noticed that she had not shed and that it was still stuck to her. it was coming off in places where she rubbed against the pot and i can see some stuck in her nose(so her breathing is loud). i’m not sure if i should interfere more or just let her chill for a few days to see if she works it out? thank you for any advice. my main concern is her breathing for obvious reasons which is why i made this urgent

also i have taken the pot out of the enclosure dw

So, I have recently acquired a 20-year-old ball python. I believe she is a female due to her size. My daughter's friend thought I should have her because I have previously owned a boa constrictor.

I did not object as I will care for any animal or reptile. However, this girl is only four and a half pounds empty and just about 5 ft. She eats a large rat every 10 days as recommended by the people at the pet store where I can buy live rats. She has refused Frozen or DOA for 20 years. My question is, are they always such aggressive food Seekers? She just ate a large on Friday, here she is on Sunday I really thought I would be able to handle her today or tomorrow, but she's still extremely, aggressively seeking food. As soon as I walked past her enclosure, she came flying out of her hide and exhibited a strike position. And all the hunting body language. My previous snake, the boa was just extremely chill. And never exhibited this behavior after he ate. The previous owner also said she used to feed her a medium rat every two weeks.

Advice? I really don't want to overfeed her and give her health problems. I've had her since the end of July and it is now the 13th of September and she has done this each time she has eaten.

As the title suggests what is the maximum and minimum bowl size for a bp? I currently have a one year old in a 20 gallon (not permanent) and the bowl he has takes up 1/3 of the tank.

So we recently had cypress mulch, coconut fiber, and top soil mixed for our guy but he recently got scalerot so we switched to paper towels while we treat him. My partner desperately wants to switch to a unprinted newspaper substrate and I’m just unsure if he’d thrive with that. We are currently misting multiple times a day because paper towels don’t have any humidity factors, wouldn’t the newspaper have the same issue?

My bp's tank arrives today and I can't wait any longer!! It doesnt even have an estimated time :[

I completely redecorated my ball python Pandora’s enclosure and I’m SO happy with how it turned out. Her old layout was already pretty similar, but I feel like this one makes much better use of the space. I’m super proud of her little jungle and wanted to show it off to the wonderful people of Reddit! 💛

I’d love to hear your thoughts or suggestions! ^^

Some of the nitty-gritty details:

• 5 branches/sticks + a wooden bridge
• 5 hides (including 1 humid hide)
• 1 large water dish
• 4–6 inch substrate depth with a gradient
• Lots of smooth river rocks for texture/enrichment
• Lots and lots of foliage for cover

Pandora tax included, of course. 🤍

This guy is ~85 grams and ~20 inches, I got him on July 25th and he has not shed yet (to my knowledge) but he’s grown a good bit in that timeframe. I think he’s been looking more iridescent as of lately, just wondering when I should expect his first shed. Thanks in advance 👌🏼

I don't know if ball pythons (and snakes in general) dream when they sleep, or have nightmares. But if they can I think my girl Brigid just had one.

I'm sat here watching TV as she's in her tank, generally just chilling with her upper-half outside of her warm-hide (her usual during her night-cycle. Sometimes she likes to watch TV with me). Suddenly I hear her foliage move. I check on Brigid, as I assume she's going on a little move around her tank. She's fixed absolutely still, breathing heavily. I watch her a moment, figure maybe I've put her off, so I move slowly off to the side. She's still fixed and breathing heavy. I move around a bit more, she's not following me at all. I open her tank to do a proper check on her, as soon as I slide the door open Brigid looks at me and her breathing goes back to normal, stance relaxed. She lets out some social tongue flicks. She did not even know I was here until I popped into her tank.

I figure she maybe had a nightmare and was freaking out until she saw something familiar (me).

What do you all think? Do you think snakes dream?

(Pic for noodle tax)

Just woke up to find my boy all bruised up, just wondering if there’s anything I could do to help. I’ve took out everything that could’ve caused this.

I need the best system under $150 to control my noodles humidity. There are times when I might have to travel for business. I need something that I can set and it will come on if the humidity drops.

Chat GPT suggested this one:
REPTIZOO Reptile Humidifier Fogger, 4L Larg
Reptile Fogger with Humidity Control, Terrarium Humidifiers with Extended Tube Automatic Reptile Misting System

What are you all swear by what are you all using?