Care Sheet for Ball PythonsAverage Rating Given To This Care Sheet Is 2.00 (1=lowest, 5=highest) Last Updated: 02/25/2006 |
Main Category: | Snakes |
Sub Category: | Ball Pythons |
Care Sheet Submitted By: | Nathan6301 |
Years Experience: | 1 to 2 Years |
Species: | Ball pythons |
Other Species or Phases this Care Sheet May Cover: | N/A |
Sexing and Characteristics: | Well the best way to sex a ball python or any snake is probing or when adults the females are bigger than the male and females tend to have bigger spurs |
Mostly Active During: | Night |
Substrate and Water Needs: | I keep my ball pythons on bark changed every month but before you put the bark in put a half a pint of water in to a bag and put it in to the microwave to kill mites and bacteria that might be in the bark you can also use aspen but is prone to mold/newspaper is very good for humidity and astro turf a water bowl is a must big enough for your whole snake to fit it self in and change water every day |
Lighting and UVB: | These snakes are nocturnal so UV light is not nessecy
but you can use a normal house light bulb MUST HAVE A GUARD ON ANY THING THAT GETS HOT 12 hrs on 12 hrs off but overhead lighting is stressful to ball pythons so i do not use them |
Temperatures and Humidity: | Having the right temperature is critical for digestion of food and and the life of a healthy snake. i keep mine at 85f-90f at the hot end and 75f-80at the cool end. having the right humidity is very important the recommended humidity is about 70% if low humidity is constant it can lead to improper shedding and respiratory infections |
Heating and Equipment: | I use ceramic heaters WITH A STAT for my ball pythons and do not use hot rocks they can burn your snakes badly |
Caging Provided: | A 10 gallon tank will be plenty a enough for a baby ball python but when the get bigger the tank size should be uprated to 38x12x18 but do not have a huge tank as ball pythons hate allot of space and this will stress your snake if so have lots of hiding places |
Diet: | Carnivorous |
Description of Diet: | A baby ball python will eat a pinkie once a week but when in audit hude you should feed them atlesst 1 medium rat every 2-3 weeks |
Supplements, Nutrition and Usage: | None |
Maintenance: | Clean your tank at lest once every month and clean out defaces when u see them change water every day |
Some Words on this Species: | N/A |
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