Care Sheet for Ball PythonsAverage Rating Given To This Care Sheet Is 1.67 (1=lowest, 5=highest) Last Updated: 11/18/2005 |
Main Category: | Snakes |
Sub Category: | Ball Pythons |
Care Sheet Submitted By: | ALBINOBOY |
Years Experience: | 3 to 5 Years |
Species: | Ball python |
Other Species or Phases this Care Sheet May Cover: | N/A |
Sexing and Characteristics: | N/A |
Mostly Active During: | Night |
Substrate and Water Needs: | I use plain newspaper and a large water dish. You can use aspen shavings or sand if it is very fine. As for water some say you don’t need water but I use it and you should use it to. |
Lighting and UVB: | Since they are nocturnal they do not need special lighting. But if it get to cold you should use a heat lamp. They don’t have to have uv but it never hurt to have a uv light on hand. |
Temperatures and Humidity: | Temps should be about mid 80’s to mid 90’s. If inside you should use a heat pad. No hot rocks! humidity should be be 80% to about 95%. If you need to increase humidity you can add more water to there dish. Or if humidity is to high you can remove a little bit of water. |
Heating and Equipment: | Like I said earlier NO HOT ROCKS. The only exception is when it is old and produces little heat. You can use a 30 gallon take for their entire life. But the bigger the better. You should always have a hide box. But if you use newspaper than your snake will probably just hide under that but you should put at least 1 in their cage. |
Caging Provided: | I have my female in a 30 gallon tank with a large water dish.She has newspaper for bedding. She doesn’t need a hide box because she hides under her newspaper all the time.That’s my set up nothing fancy but it keeps her happy. |
Diet: | Carnivorous |
Description of Diet: | You should start them on rats because rats overall grow bigger than mice. If you have a 4ft. female snake what are you going to feed her a huge rat or half a dozen tiny mice. Juveniles and sub-adults should be feed every week or so. s can be fed every 2 weeks if you like. If your not sure what size to fed get a rat or mice if you prefer as big as the girth of your snake’s mid section. |
Supplements, Nutrition and Usage: | You shouldn’t need any thing like these if you have a healthy snake. Although if you have a gravid female it might be a good idea to give her some calcium. |
Maintenance: | These are great snakes for any age group to enjoy. Their very low maintenance snakes. I would recommend these snakes to beginners and experienced hobbyist alike. Remember these animal will depend on your action to live. You job is to give these snakes a great life. |
Some Words on this Species: | These snakes are known for refusing food. You may or may not of heard of this but it can be serious. It’s ok if it stops feeding for a few weeks. If this happens check and make sure that everything is correctly set. your snake may be stressed if to many people crowd around it’s cage and it’s self. If this continues for more than a month take your snake to a vet a.s.a.p. Hope you have fun taking care of your new friend :) |
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