Yet another addition to my family.

[Lori P]

Brett, congrats on your new baby! Loren answered your questions, I just wanted to add that in my limited experience (I have 2 balls) (giggle) they tend to be very shy, and not very mobile. Mine stay hidden 99.99999 percent of the time, only coming out at night-- and not even every night, at that. They are notoriosly difficult feeders... and can go on hunger strikes for months and months. Whatever she has been eating, stick with it... they are nowhere near as flexible as the garters when it comes to food.

Your daughters are ADORABLE!!!! :-)

[dashnu]

Brett, congrats on your new baby! Loren answered your questions, I just wanted to add that in my limited experience (I have 2 balls) (giggle) they tend to be very shy, and not very mobile. Mine stay hidden 99.99999 percent of the time, only coming out at night-- and not even every night, at that. They are notoriosly difficult feeders... and can go on hunger strikes for months and months. Whatever she has been eating, stick with it... they are nowhere near as flexible as the garters when it comes to food.

Your daughters are ADORABLE!!!! :-)

Thanks for the info! I think your a mind reader, I was just finishing up reading the new posts and was going to mention in this thread that my ball has been hiding under her water dish for almost 24 hours now.. So this sounds like normal behavior. I may have high hopes, however, I really was hoping to hang out with this snake a lot. I work from home so having her in the living room on me and really spending a lot of time with her was/is my goal... Is this unrealistic or better yet unhealthy for her????

She has been on fuzzies, I was told to thaw one out and try to feed this coming Wednesday. She is pretty chunky right now which is good in case I run into issues feeding. I found a site with some videos 8ballpythons.com that mentioned to keep food in the feeding area for about an hour before feeding.. So for feeding I wanted to get a large plastic container with some paper towels and a hide and put her in it. I was thinking to thaw the pinky out on top of the container so the smell would slowly get stronger and stronger.. Hopefully getting her excited to eat. If she takes the fuzzy should I try to feed weekly or every other? The people at the pet store were not very helpful. They told me it was ok to feed my garters gold-fish

Last question for now, Not just a ball question.... Is taking your critters out and letting them poke around the yard a bad idea? I have taken my garters out for a "walk" if the weather is warm enough. Let them cruise around the grass a bit.. Same with my anole and gecko. I suspect what im reallying doing is stressing them out when I think I am letting them explore a bit?? Jeesh im crazy arnt I?

Thanks again Lori, and take good care of your balls!

[anji1971]

I take my garters for a walk now and then too!! I let them climb around in the little mimosa tree in my yard -- it's small enough that I can fish them out of even the top branches.
I don't think it stresses them out at all, in fact, they seem to love it. Much more space to climb than in their tank.
Congrats on the new addition. I know absolutely nothing about ball pythons, but from what I've read, they aren't very active, and you may not get the 'hanging out' experience you were hoping for, but hey, it's worth a try!
And you're little jungle girls are extremely cute!

[dashnu]

I take my garters for a walk now and then too!! I let them climb around in the little mimosa tree in my yard -- it's small enough that I can fish them out of even the top branches.
I don't think it stresses them out at all, in fact, they seem to love it. Much more space to climb than in their tank.
Congrats on the new addition. I know absolutely nothing about ball pythons, but from what I've read, they aren't very active, and you may not get the 'hanging out' experience you were hoping for, but hey, it's worth a try!
And you're little jungle girls are extremely cute!

Haha, thanks anji! So I guess I am not crazy for talking my critters out for a walk

[dashnu]

Ok, I had to refill the water bowl so took a few pics. Most are through the glass so not the best but better than nothing.