Im new and have some questions

[Atheris Hispida]

Hey guys i just registerd to these forums and thought i might share some things about my ball python....Well im not sure whats the sex of him is but i am pretty sure he is a male because his tail is nice and fat and he doesnt have a long nose...his name is unkno(havent picked one yet)but he should soon be named..He is a high yellow morph and is about 2 feet 2 inches long.there are some questions i have about him thought?

1.Sometimes after he takes a bath i will hear him click is this because the water is too cold because them tanks temp is 88 and i heard that was fine????
2.I hardly ever see him drink and when i take the bowl out and puit him by it to see if he will drink he refuses is there a problem or am i just asleep when he does drink.

thx for listening please reply to my questions.. seya

[Jeff_Favelle]

Being a reptile, and especially being a snake, you'll hardly ever see your BP drink. I've had 'em for 10 years now and I've only ever witnessed drinking maybe a dozen times. Don't fret. And don't sit there and watch your snake, expecting it to drink for you, ha ha. Because it ain't going to happen.

[Andy_G]

Everything sounds normal to me. I haven't seen mine drink at all. For the baths though, you may want to raise it a bit warmer, maybe to 85ish if that's not what it is.

[ThEmAdHaTtEr]

Lol, mine drinks every single night, I see her at LEAST twice a night drink. Sometimes when friends are over I put the bowl on my bed and put her by it and she drinks, its cool. Yeah, BTW: Welcome to the forums tony!

[Linds]

Firstly, welcome to sSnakeSs.com! Balls aren't like corns, they all have very short chubby tails and they cannot be visually sexed accurately. The only way to sex them is to have them evert, or to probe them. Also, if the clicking is only after baths, and not at any other times, then I wouldn't be too worried. What are the temps of the bathwater, or do you mean after he bathes himself in his water dish? If he takes frequent soaks in his water dish I would check humidity levels and for any signs of illness or external parasites, and make sure your temps are not too high... does he have a cool retreat in his cage (78-80 degrees)? If the overall temps are 88 then that's too warm... he needs to have a gradient so he can thermoregulate his body temperature.

[Atheris Hispida]

Well he has a hot side and a cool side to his cage the hot side is 88 and the cool side is prolly about 80 and yes only after he baths is when he does his clicking..Im not sure what the humididty of the tank is i dont have a gage...but usally i make his water luke warm and when it get to cold i change it out..