enclosure questions

[stephanbakir]

Man that looks good!

[paulholcomb]

Originally Posted by stephanbakir

Man that looks good!

I've since added a shelf and painted the pvc today.....I'll post more pics later

[paulholcomb]

[stephanbakir]

All its missing are some lady friends for your BP

[paulholcomb]

she's inside the rock with him!!

[paulholcomb]

I got the female 3 weeks ago and then picked up her old tankmate, the male, last week......I rescued them from a local reptile rescue where the previous owner didn't know they needed humidity and hadn't fed the male in over a year. The female is between 2/3 years of age and 3 feet long......the male is almost 4 feet long but severely underweight, I don't know his age. The male has an almost reduced pattern lacking the dark spots within most of the brown/grey markings and little to no yellow.......the female has a lot of yellow but not showing the typical yellowbelly triangle markings and she doesn't have a clear belly. I don't know what they are so they're just "Normals" to me!

[stephanbakir]

Originally Posted by paulholcomb

I got the female 3 weeks ago and then picked up her old tankmate, the male, last week......I rescued them from a local reptile rescue where the previous owner didn't know they needed humidity and hadn't fed the male in over a year. The female is between 2/3 years of age and 3 feet long......the male is almost 4 feet long but severely underweight, I don't know his age. The male has an almost reduced pattern lacking the dark spots within most of the brown/grey markings and little to no yellow.......the female has a lot of yellow but not showing the typical yellowbelly triangle markings and she doesn't have a clear belly. I don't know what they are so they're just "Normals" to me!

They could be visible hets, Pics please?

[citysnakes]

Originally Posted by paulholcomb

I got the female 3 weeks ago and then picked up her old tankmate, the male, last week......I rescued them from a local reptile rescue where the previous owner didn't know they needed humidity and hadn't fed the male in over a year.

now that you have rescued these animals you need to house them properly. the enclosure they are in now has a decent floor area for a single adult ball python. the height really doesnt matter much and only makes heating and humidity more complicated. if you can get it to work out thats cool but the enclosure is only good for one animal.

ball pythons are solitary animals and the male most likely hasnt eaten due to inappropriate social housing and other mentioned and non-mentioned husbandry errors on the previous owners part.

correct the husbandry issues and these animals will do great in your care.

good luck.

[paulholcomb]

Originally Posted by citysnakes

now that you have rescued these animals you need to house them properly. the enclosure they are in now has a decent floor area for a single adult ball python. the height really doesnt matter much and only makes heating and humidity more complicated. if you can get it to work out thats cool but the enclosure is only good for one animal.

ball pythons are solitary animals and the male most likely hasnt eaten due to inappropriate social housing and other mentioned and non-mentioned husbandry errors on the previous owners part.

correct the husbandry issues and these animals will do great in your care.

good luck.

Thank you for the advice even though I didn't ask for it. My humidity level is a constant 60% and my temps are 76 on the cool end and 85 on the warm end with a basking spot of 88! Thanks for questioning my husbandry and trying to tell me that I'm doing something wrong. However, I know that I need to house my snakes separately and am currently working on building another enclosure. Thanks again for your concerns...but I think we're doing just fine!

[stephanbakir]

No wai! NormalXNormal or? Either way when they pip its amazing, even more amazing when its thought to be NormalXNormal but they are both hets! Good luck!

[paulholcomb]

give me a few minutes and I'll take some

[paulholcomb]

[LLinz]

Wow that is a nice enclosure!! I want to build something like that, I just gotta find an old dresser made out of wood that's safe... But how the heck do I know what kind of wood its made of!

[paulholcomb]

Originally Posted by LLinz

Wow that is a nice enclosure!! I want to build something like that, I just gotta find an old dresser made out of wood that's safe... But how the heck do I know what kind of wood its made of!

Oak furniture is perfect. It's usually really heavy though......it has less eyes/swirls and is usually darker in color.

It's pine that is bad for our snakes, but only the fresh cut chips/bark that is covered in the natural oils found in pine. Pine furniture has usually been kiln dried before it's made and the oils have long since dried and don't pose the threat like pine mulch does.

[LLinz]

Very nice pair you got there, sir