My 1st ball python, Venus

[Tyler99]

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid134/p8b8cd28e918c42647899acd604e978b0/f779f343.jpg This picture was taken like 1 minoute after buying her from pythons.com at the hamburg reptile show. She looks HUGE in that pic!! She is actually small..:p

[daver676]

Very nice! Congratulations!

Now take it home, put it in it's enclosure, and leave it alone for a week or so. Then hopefully he/she will eat for you!

[Tyler99]

:D I brought her home saturday! Yesterday I saw her romming her tank, and I couldn't resist!! But I held her inside the cage!

The breeder did the "popping" techneque and it turned out to be a she!

[smeagel]

if you stress her out by handling too much, it is more likely she will not eat, possible for longer than it would have taken her to eat before. i agree with daver, leave your girl alone for a couple weeks and let her adjust to her new home.

[Darkest]

I agree too. Its vest to leave alone. I couldn't resist either but had too.

[Tim_Cranwill]

She looks great!

Keep coming around here and you're bound to pick up a TON of great tips! :)

[Sexy_Balls]

So if you leave your python in its environment for a week to chill - don't worry about the bottom of the cage? For poop and stuff? Only worry about changing the water? and the temperature?

Just got a ball python the other day... know it ate 2 days ago and that its under a year... its name is Sexy since I don't know the sex for now until I get to take it to the vet with its first poop for checking.

[BigBADace]

Hey sexyballs, clean out the substrate when its soiled and change the water, but just lay off the handling for a week or two, if you didn't clean the crap outta the cage for weeks u could have a whole new mess of problems on your hands
..good luck :)

[Sexy_Balls]

when I clean out the substrate - what do i do about the snake... work around him?