5 Things You DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT BALL PYTHONS, But Must Know BEFORE You Get One!

Ball Pythons are easy to take care of, right? Well here are five things you MUST know BEFORE you get your pet Ball Python!
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Adam Wickens
221 Glendale Ave
PO Box 25037 Pen Centre
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[faithcrisis]

I've had my ball python for a little over a month, she has a relatively large enclosure with a few (not a couple) of hides with branches to climb and a water dish big enough to soak in. She has had the best shed I've ever seen, eats anything I give her and is such a chill, relaxed snake. She travels into all of her hides and enjoys time in all of them. I feel good with how happy she seems

[GabbityGabby]

We recently moved our juvenile ball python into a 4x2x2. He uses every inch of that space. The idea that ball pythons don’t need or won’t use space is a silly goose idea and keeping them in tiny racks or tanks is, in my opinion, akin to keeping a human in a bathroom. Great video Adam

[hazelgrunts]

I want to adopt a ball python one day. I have autism and anxiety, and having a chill reptile to hang out with really helps. My previous “Support reptile” passed not too long ago, and I’m feeling that loss. I hope that sometime in the not so distant future, I can have a ball python be that comfort for me.

[magnoliaplumbing]

I have a 4 year old female ball that is very active. She has a 5' x 2 1/2' x 3' tall enclosure. As a plumber by trade I built her a "tree" out PVC pipes and she always climbing through it. Then at other times she will spend multiple days in one of her hides. Also in all the time I have had her she has never stopped eating. I believe if I let her she would eat every day. Since I live in a rural area I vary her diet with rats, small chickens and ducks. I love my Miss Daisy

[secondsfromdisaster]

I've been watching every ball python video I can ever since I took my sister's 5' ball python. She has him in a 40g tank with just a big water bowl & a hide...she got her info from outdated sources. I've been working on a 2'×2'×5' tank. I'm glad I watched Kauffman's documentary when he went to Africa to see how they live because ever since I put some branches in the tank he hasn't stopped perching up on it

[Corvus]

My ball python basks under his UVB, climbs on his branches, uses his ledge, uses his burrow hide, and uses all 8 square feet of his enclosure.

[v-vettavetta]

As a new ball python keeper I think understanding feeding schedules, understanding what power feeding is, how to get your animals on frozen thawed and as they reach grow when to know when you should space out feedings. That’s just my personal opinion on things new keepers should know 😊

[VeronicaLeigh]

"Whatever basement dweller." 😂😂😂

[cylankail]

I have owned 2 ball pythons in my life time, and I can tell you honestly it just depends on the snake.

My first one was super active, loved to go on car rides and meet new people, and was always moving around in her enclosure.

My current one is the opposite. While she is docile when I take her out, she is always stressed out and trying to hide. I have to feed her in a darker room most of the time since if she sees me she most likely won’t eat. She has a 4x2x2 enclosure with custom background, ledges, plants, 2 hides and plenty of space. She’s just very introverted. I had her in a 6’x 18”x48” before to give her more space and she hated it. She never left one side of it and never came out.

So some will like a lot of space, and some won’t. It’s trial and error just like any other animal.

I do agree a 4x2x2 is the smallest you should offer. They need enough room to thermal regulate, and even my shy girl uses both of her hides. I just give her a lot of cover so she feels safe. But she does use it. So seeing how she’s an odd ball with how much anxiety she has, I agree its safe to say most ball python will enjoy the “royal” treatment.

[Hi_Im_Akward]

I would like pretty much a step by step guide of baby to adult. What to expect, how often to feed, when to be concerned, what the enclosure should look like from quarantine to not quarantine and size upgrades.

Also really would like a rundown of heat and light for ball pythons specifically. General reptile stuff is great but ball pythons seem to be slightly different and my plan for a 4x2x2, I originally was planning on plant lights with a panel and supplemental (in winter) heat like dhp. I know it's all dependent but Id like a summary of what seems to be a good idea (and for the type of enclosure) and what would maybe be overkill.

[lorrainemunoa]

About Light: I've actually caught my BP Finnley draping himself out to apparently bask in his lower level UV light in the late afternoons or mornings- they do need light! (Maybe not UV light but I like providing it anyway.) It's just not a strong as say a Beardie's UV light. For climbing, he's got a couple of multilevel bamboo things that are sold for use in kitchens as countertop shelving! They're cheap, easy to clean and easy to reconfigure for enrichment. Finnley likes to climb them. 10/10 do recommend. Re #1- I think I have the world's chompiest hungry boi. He hasn't ever gone off food, knock on wood. Eats like a boa. But it's good to know if he does, he'd be fine. He's a fit fella.

[repccessories]

Awesome Video!
Two of my males will go off food for a few months.
one during breeding season and the other during winter months.
Drove me crazy trying to figure it out at first.

[elysiumherps]

Great video!! ❤ While my first snake was a hognose, my second was a Ball Python and now I have 7 of them. They are just so awesome and friendly. One thing I would remind people is to be aware of the morphs before you get them besides the nice colors. As Spider isn’t the only morph with wobble. I have 2 BPs with the spider morph and while I adore them they just need a little bit more special care than others.

[ConfidentCritters]

One of my ball pythons when I fed her this week was wrapped in her hanging vines like a tree python and she struck wrapped and ate her rat while in the air 😂 it was awesome. But all three of my balls use all the vertical space in their enclosures.

[Mr_Mcfeely]

I love that you say it's a care GUIDE and if you don't do exactly as I say your snake won't spontaneously combust. Wild how many guides I was looking at in 2018 when I got my first ball python that spoke basically the exact opposite.

[Wysdrem]

I had a rescue ball, and she was basically a tree python, she was always up on her branches. But when she wasn't she was in one of her caves
Also something I learned was keep the same style of hide on the hot and cold side so they don't favor a cave for comfort and lack the temps they need

[nathanbull]

Really enjoyed that video dude, over in the UK we have some really dedicated breeders, making stunning morphs, and not the old school tiny rack way.
Breeders that genuinely care for all their animals.
And it's good to see more people buying them.
Thankfully the new age of caring breeders and stockists really vet those that are interested in buying, so they don't just end up in miserable homes.

[bazamere]

Termite mounds are also really big. The visible portion of the mound is NOT all there is. So if you want to say they only live in a termite mound then you should set up a walk-in closet sized habitrail style tube system that goes from ceiling to floor and side to side in a large closet space

[matthewtracy]

I have 1 ball python that loves to climb! She is always trying to go up. Lol then I have a male that only heads down. He doesn't "grab" onto anything. He will fall off your lap if you let him. Lol they are sooo different it's crazy.

[minipet]

Yay Pikachu! ❤ I have 2 female ball pythons. Only time one had a food strike was because ft. She'd been FF as a hatchling and any ft now she refuses😂. The other one, she destroys her shed on purpose when shedding. She scrapes it against her rocks, geode gemstones, and crystal formation 😂. I'm always getting told it's humidity/temps, nope she just makes sure to rip it off 😂😂