Generally, there are 6 signs of dehydration in ball pythons: skin folds, stuck shed, sunken and damaged eyes, food refusal, rapid weight loss, and weakness. Mild cases can be resolved by misting, soaking, hydrating food, and giving electrolyte-infused water. A severely dehydrated ball python should be immediately examined by a veterinarian. Read on as I…
Making sure that our ball pythons are properly hydrated is one of the most vital concerns in taking care of such a pet—but is regular tap water okay? It could be hard to fulfill this responsibility if we don’t know what type of water is safe for our snakes. In general, tap water is safe…
Our snakes love exploring inside and outside their enclosure, and sometimes, accidents like falling can happen. However, as pet parents, it’s hard to take accidents like falls lightly! We can’t help but worry about what will happen to the poor snakes we love dearly after a bad fall. Generally, ball pythons may survive a fall…
Whenever we try to pet our ball pythons in their heads, they tend to move and hide their heads away from us. Why are ball pythons so sensitive every time we touch this part of their body? Generally, ball pythons are naturally head shy, as a survival instinct. A ball python hides its head to…
You may have seen somewhere or watched someone blowing smoke in the face of their snake or even snakes smoking cigarettes. Do you know that it is dangerous for snakes to get exposed from smoke? Smoking cigarettes, vaping around reptiles, and exposure to secondhand smoke may result in chronic respiratory problems that can lead to…
It is alarming and stressful if your ball python goes missing and later finds out that your snake is stuck or hiding in the wrong place. What do you do in such a case? Ball pythons can get stuck in their hide, enclosure’s sliding doors, adhesive inside the enclosure, wire or vines, enclosure’s lid, holes,…
A ball python might stay on the cool side of the enclosure because of 1) overheated enclosure, 2) low humidity level, 3) shedding, and 4) insufficient hides. In such cases, the keeper must: always check the humidity level, air temperature, and hot spot temperature; use thermostats; replace the light bulbs with a ceramic heat emitter…
Most of us wondered and worried (at some point) why our ball python moves a lot inside its enclosure. Is this normal, or is there an underlying problem that we need to fix? A ball python may become very active inside the enclosure because of: 1) new surroundings; 2) young age; 3) hunger; 4) nighttime;…
When I got my first two ball pythons, I was wondering if they could be kept together in one tank. Cohabitation can be appealing, especially to those who are new to ball python keeping but is it okay? Two ball pythons should be allowed to live together only for pairing purposes that usually last from…