Care Sheet for Ball PythonsAverage Rating Given To This Care Sheet Is 2.33 (1=lowest, 5=highest) Last Updated: 09/24/2005 |
Main Category: | Snakes |
Sub Category: | Ball Pythons |
Care Sheet Submitted By: | Biglilkrb |
Years Experience: | Under 1 Year |
Species: | Ball python |
Other Species or Phases this Care Sheet May Cover: | BALL PYTHON |
Sexing and Characteristics: | The Best way to sex a snake is to have it probe |
Mostly Active During: | Both |
Substrate and Water Needs: | Newspaper,reptibark,aspen, are all good substrate cage carpet do not use any substrate that contains cedar this poisonous to snake cleaning water should be provided in a dish large enough for it to bath in it should be changed daily |
Lighting and UVB: | No special light is required but should have a light source to no if its day or night on 10- 12 hours off 12-14 hours |
Temperatures and Humidity: | Temperature should be 82-87 in the day and 75-80 at night the humidity should be around 55-60 but when it about shed raise it to 70 by misting inside cage with a spray bottle |
Heating and Equipment: | You can use under the tank heaters, basking light (day use ) , a red heat bulb(night use), and ceramic emitters |
Caging Provided: | A full grown ball python can live in a 40 gallon tank for the rest of its life but as a baby u can start with a 20 gallon |
Diet: | Carnivorous |
Description of Diet: | They should be fed pinkie,fuzzies, mice,and sm-md rats feed the should be fed prey no larger than the thickness part of the body |
Supplements, Nutrition and Usage: | No |
Maintenance: | The cage should be cleaned once a month |
Some Words on this Species: | N/A |
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