ball python update

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crayfishguy

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for all of you who bugged me about getting a more enclosed hide:

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I'm generally a huge fan of "natural" looking enclosures for my reptiles as well as decor for my fish tanks. But I'm starting to learn, with my Ball Pythons, it seems much more practical to abandon this approach.

Ball Pythons like to be "tucked inside" small creaves/hides. Ideally they would have a variety of hides of different temperatures and moisture ranges to choose from. This is rather simple to provide using tupperware like containers with holes cut in them placed in different locations, it's much more difficult to provide using natural looking items.

Although, despite my above opinion/experience, the set up you have looks like it is probably quite adequate for your snake. Assuming you have a range of temperature gradients in the tank.
 
remodeled again (the hide was on top of the heat mat and the heat wasn't getting through)

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Looking much better after remodeling,

I really like your enclosure, do you know what brand it is? Was it a fish tank before?
I'm also jealous of the brach piece you got in there, gorgeous..

Make sure you rip bigger holes in the foam hide, as I remember the passages weren't that big.. Also watch out for poop on the foam!
 
i pee in the sea;4802641; said:
I really like your enclosure, do you know what brand it is? Was it a fish tank before?
I'm also jealous of the brach piece you got in there, gorgeous..
as for the tank, my brother adopted his rosy boa from his teacher and the tank came with it the branch was also my brother's the ball python loves to sit on the cradle like top next to the lamp, is poo on foam different than poo anywhere else (he just made a huge one on it)
 
You should just be able to take it out and wash it off in the sink.
 
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