I’m interested in the experiences of folks who’ve used rabbitfoot or other ferns in their enclosures: have you had any issues with fern spores, either in terms of your snake or in terms of the area near the enclosure?

I was about to add some ferns, and my bf expressed concern about them potentially causing hay fever via spores.

It hadn’t occurred to me til now. I know they’re generally considered terrarium safe. I don’t even know if they would mature sufficiently to produce spores, but if they did, it seems like it could be a source of a lot of fine dust?

So I got my baby from a breeder back in mid-April and was told her birthday was 9/24/25. This means she’s basically a year old now but she’s still only weighing in at 172g and 23 in long. For more context, she was only 95g and 18in when I brought her home in April (when she was allegedly 6 months old).

I feed her once a week on rat fuzzies and plan to move her to pups on her next feeding or two.

Is she underweight?

Hello! So I just recently got my snake about 2 weeks ago and he’s been doing great, he’s 7 months old, and I’ve only just now gotten around to holding him. When I got him he had a bunch of stuck shed, and injuries that happened supposedly from live feeding. The breeder said his injuries should be gone by the time he has his next shed (which he has not had with me yet) I only just now got the chance to see this particularly large one on him and I’m wondering if this will heal, or if I should take him to get it checked out? I planned to soak him some more to help him get the rest of his stuck shed off tomorrow, and try to bump his humidity up, but I’d really appreciate advice.
I feed him f/t only, he’s been eating perfectly fine, and he isn’t really acting strange.
I tried to get a good photo, but my phone is absolute garbage when it comes to pictures. So I hope these suffice

THE TANK IN THE BACKGROUND IS NOT HIS TANK, THAT BELONGS TO MY LEOPARD GECKO.

sorry for the bad photos but it feels like i have SO many and i know theyre not directly harmful but is there a point where they can be,??

I recently added some stuff to my baby’s enclosure right before he was supposed to eat. I held off on feeding him that night because he gets anxious feeding sometimes. How long does it take for him to get used to his new enclosure so I can feed him. He usually is out exploring every night and at the very least poking his head out of his hidey hole.

Hi everyone, looking for some advice on my juvenile female ball python, Honey.

She’s about 8 months old and currently 233.5 g. Her last successful meal was 7/20, so it’s been about 7 weeks. Her breeder told me she was previously eating frozen/thawed rat pups weekly.

Since then she has refused multiple F/T mice, and today I finally tried a 15 g F/T rat pup like she used to eat with the breeder. She completely ignored it.

Her weight was 245.5 g recently and is now 233.5 g, so she’s lost about 5%.

Husbandry:
4x2x2 enclosure
warm hide around 88–90°F
cool side upper 70s
ambient humidity around 60–70%
humid hide around 75–80%
coco fiber/cypress mulch/sphagnum mix
overhead heat
multiple hides and plenty of cover
I’ve been minimizing handling

She recently went through a rough shed and still has a little retained shed on her head, but otherwise she is very active, curious, climbing, exploring, and behaving normally. She actually came out to interact with me instead of eating tonight.

For feeders, I thaw in the fridge, warm thoroughly, check temperature with an IR gun, and offer with tongs. I’ve also tried recreating the breeder’s feeding method.

Has anyone had a juvenile this age go this long without eating while still being very active? At what point would you move from monitoring/adjusting husbandry to a reptile vet workup? And if you had a young ball python refuse for weeks, what finally got them eating again?

I’m not interested in live feeding or force feeding — just hoping to hear from people who have dealt with something similar.

I have a 50 gallon set up for a 3 month old baby who I’m getting this week and the humidity on her warm side has been on the low side since setting up the heat lamp. Around 50. Her cool side has good humidity stays around 68-70. I have aluminum foil on the top and pour water into the corners of the tank aswell as mist. Substrate is a topsoil, coco fiber, sand, sphagnum moss mixture how can I keep the warm side humidity up

10 months old. Good feeding last week. This week started to notice “I fits I sits” behavior in the water dish. Could this be a pre-shed activity?

Hi guys, I’m back! So I took yalls advice, added a second hide, more cover and deeper substrate. He also has a 24 hr heat lamp. He has had a successful feed and due this friday (based off the schedule his previous owner gave me; every other friday). I open his tank from about 4pm when I’m home to 9:30/later on weekends. Last night he was roaming around until 4 am when he slithered his way BACK TO HIS TANK. I was excited, I think thats a good thing. I hope. But I believe he’s adjusting pretty well? Also I decided to build him a pvc enclosure so that his next move is his last. Any build tips would be greatly appreciated. I’ve already sketched out the design, done measurements and began buying the things I need. I’m pretty excited yall 🙂‍↔️

So my ball python really sucks at climbing and while he was on my arm he fell onto the floor (3ft). While he had no external injuries, his jaw was misaligned for a few minutes until going back into place. I tried to feed him a mouse and instead of taking it he tried to strike but missed, on the second strike I left him alone. I checked on him 10 minutes later and he spit out the mouse and was ignoring it. I am really scared for him and I don’t know what to do. Should I try to feed him again tomorrow and did I just waste a mouse???

So the rats have been in the deep freeze, i thaw them in the fridge, ive noticed they take a while to thaw and idk how safe it is for them to be thawing out, ive been around this snake for 6 years tho my mom took care of it the entire time until now, idk how long to thaw it for or how long is safe, usually it takes about 24 hours to fully thaw, is that ok? Is it safe? Will it hurt my snake? Any and all advice is appreciated!

Hello! I recently started having issues with my enclosure not getting past 80 degrees. I’ve had the same enclosure for 2 years now but this just became an issue this year. I thought maybe it was an issue with my cheap thermostats which were the reptizoo brand. I read that the herpstat was the best and safest option so I just bought one. It’s the herpstat 2. For my heat sources I use a 50 watt halogen and a 80 watt DHP. I’m not sure if I set up my herpstat wrong or if there’s another issue, but my enclosure still isn’t warming up. Currently it’s 77 Fahrenheit on the cold side and 80 Fahrenheit on the warm side. I set my halogen to 95 and my dhp to 85 on the herpstat. I included photos of what my herpstat is reading and my probe placement. I also have most of the screen top covered in Hvac tape and acrylic sheets. Any advice is helpful!

Overweight?

Going to pick up a 5ft x 2ft x 2ft viv tomorrow and trying to think of my best options for a stand/cabinet that’s not hideous or super expensive. where the hell are you guys putting these huge vivs???

My boy is shedding and since the humidity was low i gave him a humid hide, but i messed up and put too much water in the moss and now he has some mild scale rot but I don't wanna stress him with an iodine bath, will the scale rot go away after he sheds or do i still need to treat him?

Do her eyes look too cloudy? Could she possibly be blind?

I’ve had her for three months. At first, I thought it was because she was going into blue, but she hasn’t shed and it looks different to me. She eats great, and it gaining weight, but can be a little jumping when handling.

I’m calling a vet tomorrow, but I don’t know what they would be able to do to tell.

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Unfortunately I have to rehome my 11month old ball python because of family issues,everybody suddenly dislikes him and I dont feel like he is safe here,could just be me but id rather be safe than sorry.He is Orange Dream, taking small rats eagerly, he is 375g and 2.5ft long. Rehoming fee of $35 dollars.He is super docile,could be a little skittish at times,has only bitten me once,and it was out of fear and my fault.

Essex County, NJ

Drop-off,Pick up or meet up points are all possible.

Seems he is finally comfortable enough in his new enclosure to chill in the open even when the lights are still on

Edit: I did it

Hello 👋

I recently moved to Florida and I'm having no luck finding any ASF anywhere. None of the pet stores have any live or frozen and all the websites I've checked are all sold out. My gal will not eat anything else and they have to be large or she won't want anything to do with it, so I'm struggling at this point and she hasn't eaten in a while.

Do you guys know of any websites that have the large frozen in stock or any pet stores near Jacksonville FL? I'm willing to drive a ways if I have to.

I also plan on going back to breeding them myself very soon if anyone knows where I can get a breeding pair or two.

Pic of picky gal in question

I was stupid and bought an Ecoflex Mojave enclosure , sealed the corners after finding out that they leaked and now dealing with the repercussions. Should I just eat the charge and get a new enclosure this one is still leaking even after I sealed it ; waited 5-7 days and put everything back in

Almost 100 grams at 5 months he’s finally growing 🥹