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Well, I will answer best I can- just my personal opinions of coarse.

1: How does this look? It is a 35 Gallon... The side with the half log is the warm side usually around 75-90 degrees. I use a under the tank heat pad that covers about half the warm side bottom. and a 150W "Red" Nocturnal infrared heat lamp.
Looks great to me. She would have to get pretty big to outgrow that. When I had my ball python in a similar tank(mine was a 20 gallon long) I had bark substrate, with a heat pad on one end, and it worked well. The heat lamp is only needed if he is kept in a cool place- 90 or so during the day, a little coooler at night. My reptile room is pretty warm, so I just had the heater. (Mine is in a tub rack now)


2: I am unsure what the humidity should be ? I just took some cold water and sprayed some mist around bringing it up to 55. What is ideal level for this snake??

I dont own a humidity gauge, but what I did, is cover alittle over half of the screen lid with card board, to help hold in humidity, and mist the cage with room temp water almost every day- just enough to dampen the top layer of the substrate. Just dont create areas that are always wet, or bacteria will grow.
As long as I kept up on it, he shed well. You could cover even more of the top, as long as you can still work the temps right.
If you use filtered drinking water, your tank will not get water spotted from the misting- well worth the dollar or so a month.





3: This is the hide / half log. Would she feel more secure it the back was block off by something other than the glass?? Is the glass enough?

She would be more secure- You could use a different hide, or tape a small cardboard cutout against the back glass, and press it up to it, or put a background on the tank and press the hide up to it.


4: Her water dish.. Is this big enough?? When she is curled up I could probably fit 4 of her in here.. AND I came home from a job today and she was hiding under this?? it "opens" up at the bottom.. This is what lead me to the fact I may have a humidity problem.
That should be fine for a small snake. She might hide under it because it is darker than the log hide.



5: In the center I have three log/branches is this to much clutter? Should I take one out? Two maybe?
I think its fine while she is small. You can always remove some of it as she grows, to make more room for her. In the wild, they live in jungles, so they are used to "clutter".

6: Last Question and the reason I do not have a few nice shiny pics of her is.. She seems to be pretty aggressive. She has striked at me twice. She allows me to hold her however she stays in a ball for the most part. I got her yesterday and have handled her 5 to 6 times.. Am I stressing her out. I think I am thats why I haven't taken her out from under the water dish to show you wonderful people pics.. What is some good advice on handling? I really want her to be tame so my girls can experience her also.

I have never had aggresiveness problems with mine. Make sure it knows its you, and not food, coming into the cage(dont surprise her), and I would leave her alone mostly for a few weeks till she can get settled in. Then handle for just a few minutes at a time here and there until she gets use to you.
I would also watch closely for mites(little black dots that move) and ticks, since you just got her. They can be hard to see- you have to look closely,especially around the eyes, but its not real uncommon for a newly aquired python to have them. They can make the snake uncomfortable and more aggresive too.

Hope this helps. You can find ball python caresheets all over on the internet if you want more specific heat/humidity details.

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