New girl(?)

Skits · 03-03-12, 01:37 AM

I took in a new girl (as guessed by the previous owners) today. She's 1 and a half years old, and of course a ball python. She was being given away for being agressive, but I've handled her and seen nothing wrong with her. I was also told she's been shedding for about two weeks now.

Her tank wasn't very big so we've moved her for now into a 24x24 exo terra. She had a feeding dish with no water in it (no wonder she can't shed properly...), so I put her a larger dish. First thing she did was go for a swim! Anyway here she is. I've named her Eevee.

Caylan · 03-03-12, 03:56 AM

Eevee looks way better set up now! Hope she eats well for you! Cute face on her, that's for sure.

SnakeyJay · 03-03-12, 04:10 AM

What a sweet little snake... I hope she does better for you now that she's getting a little TLC

exwizard · 03-03-12, 07:07 AM

Aww how cute. I love that second pic.

Jenn_06 · 03-03-12, 08:08 AM

Ill be aggressive too if i was all dried out like that and no water, poor girl.

alessia55 · 03-03-12, 08:11 AM

Aw poor baby, she's having such a rough time with that shed

glad you picked her up!!

Trent · 03-03-12, 10:48 AM

Good looking snake! congrats

theapexgerman · 03-03-12, 10:51 AM

I like the second pic and she has a good home now

mattchibi · 03-03-12, 05:52 PM

Pretty bad stuck shed on her, poor girl. Make sure her vents and her eyes dont have any stuck shed, bump humidity up and she should be better after her next shed. If you wanted though (if shes acting like the stuck sheds irritating her), I dont think it would hurt to soak her once or twice for at least 30 minutes, maintaining a water temp of between 80-88. The trick is to let her soak for a good 15-20 minutes so that her outer layer of skin can moisten up and become looser. Once it is ready to come off, it will look milkier than normal and you will have to slowly work it off with a towel or with your hands. If you do this, make sure you are very careful to avoid ripping scales or hurting her.

Also, its important to make them feel secure.. Might want to consider blacking out three sides of the tank, and also providing two of the same sized hides. Good on you though for taking on this rescue!

Swany · 03-03-12, 06:18 PM

Well done on the rescue. Hope it works out well :-)

Skits · 03-05-12, 12:24 AM

Thanks all! And thanks Mattchibi for the tips as well.

I ended up soaking her for a while last night, and the shed came almost right off. She just sat there with her head held high and than swam around for a little, I'm sure she loved it. Than she went up my arm and curled herself around my hand very calmly. She's really pretty and sweet too. I've been trying to find something to temporarily use as a hide for her, tomrorow I'll build her a little spot with some secure rocks or a little container with a hole cut in it or something, and I'll cover the top of her tank with some plastic wrap to keep in some of the humidity. Her eye had a little bit of shed on it as well, I was able to carefully put a wet towel and remove it later on too.

mattchibi · 03-05-12, 01:15 AM

Great job with getting the shed off. Her eyes still look kind of glazy in the last two pics. Maybe its just the lighting, but she could possibly have stuck shed on her eyes. (I just re-read your post, and if you already dealt with it and removed them after you took those pictures, then great job!

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Kudos to you! It makes me happy to see rescued ball pythons doing well. One last suggestion I have is, after you black out three sides of the tank, I think you should definitely find some corrugated cardboard so that you can tape it to cover those three blacked-out sides. This will help you keep temps inside the tank, as glass loses heat very quickly.

Skits · 03-05-12, 01:18 AM

Yeah I did thanks. And I'll find something to black out the sides right away tomorrow.

Hurrok · 03-05-12, 04:40 PM

Gorgeous girl! Looks like she found a great new home