- My snake is a baby and he won't eat. I had him for a month and he hasn't
eaten yet. Is it something wrong with him? He strikes at my hand but never
strikes at his food.
Try all size mice, all color, dead and alive. Then try hamsters, hamsters
are what ball pythons eat in the wild and will most likely take on readily!
Try leaving the dead food in the cave overnight or during the day. Don't leave a live animal in with your snake!
- I have a 60 watt lamp over him. It's 92 degrees in his cage but at
night I take the lamp off. Now why does he open his mouth often? When opens
his mouth I don't here anything. Maybe he is hissing but I just can't here
it! I handle him 3 times a day about 10 minutes each.
That's too hot in his cage. The reason he has his mouth open is most
likely because he's like panting, he's too hot! Lower the temp!! Try to keep
the highest temp at near 88-84 not in the 90s!!!!
- I tried feeding him dead mice about 8 times since i had him. I left
the dead mouse in his cage over night but he never ate it. It was
thawed out too. When i tried feeding him a live white mouse he acted
scared of it > and started backing away from it. I left the live
white mouse in his cage for 15 minutes. My ball python is 12 inches
long and the live mouse is fatter than his body and is about 1
1/2 inches long. The man in Hyde Park pet shop in Chicago said that
he'll eat it.
Try smaller mice!! People in pet shops suck (please don't take offence,
some people don't suck), they don't always know what they are saying! So try
very small NEWBORN MICE for now, leave them in the cage overnight and during
the day. If that doesn't work try HAMSTERS, ball pythons love hamsters.
- Will he grow out of his scariness the older he gets?
Yes and No. Some ball pythons are just always scared some do grow out of
it. So I truly cannot say a yes or no.
- When a ball python whips his tail when u are holding him what does that
mean? And he opened his mouth when he whipped his tail.
It means he is extremely mad! STOP HANDLING HIM SO OFTEN! He's trying to
get you to let go of him or he is in pain! And after you stop handling so
often and he still doesn't stop bring I'm to a vet!
- Does a ball pythons eyes always turn blue they are ready to shed.
They usually turn milky, pale, or blue when the ball python is
getting ready to shed. This signals the time to start raising humidity more,
and to stop handling the snake unless necessary. In about 4-9 days looks for
the shed in the cage! Or if your lucky you can watch the shed!
- My snake's skin is peeling off but his eyes are not blue.
They aren't blue WHILE he sheds, they are blue BEFORE he sheds.
- How do u know when a ball is trying to bite you?
If he's trying to bite you, you will know, first he will jump at you, bite
at you, hiss at you, trash his tail about, and stuff. If he's trying to bite
you'll will know!
- Is your 40 watt overhead heater one of those silver domes with a light
bulb in it?
Yeah, its just a silver dome with a regular light bulb in it. The light
bulb provides light and heat pretty well. But I have to be careful about
humidity and over heating the cage!
What kind of hideouts (hide boxes) do you use and recommend?
Almost each of the cages has a different kind of hideout because i just
use whatever is available. But general i like to use clay pots best, ya'
know those ones that plants are in. You just go out and buy one for maybe 5
dollars then chisel out a hole in the side. Or I also use a plastic Tupper wear
box that has a hole cut in the top. The plastic box is pretty good for
keeping humidity. But the clay ones look more naturalistic. I pretty much go
for the homemade ones.
- I was wondering what size cages do you use for adult ball pythons? I heard
a 30 gallon was the best choice.
I'm keeping all my ball pythons in 20 gals. And three are full adults so
I really don't think you have to have 30gal. A 20 gal really should do good
for any age ball python.
