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Old 05-07-09, 06:29 AM   #16
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Re: just got a new ball python, need help.

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ive helped give a friend his bp a bath twice so i knew about what temp to have the water by feeling it.
1. Why is your friend giving his BP a bath? Snakes almost never need a bath, and if they decide they do, they can give themselves a bath if you have provided a water bowl big enough for it to soak in.

2. Your hand cannot "measure" temperature accurately enough to ensure the temp of the water is appropriate for a snake. You can easily be 5-10 degrees off in a guesstimate made by using your hand. And in fact, if the water felt neither too warm nor too cold to your hand, then it definitely was too warm for your snake. Your body temperature is about 98.6 deg F. That is HOT to a BP. You were likely burning him.

3. The toilet paper roll & your pics give us an idea of the height of your snake's body, but not of his width, which is measured from his left side to his right side. If you could take a picture from above him, we could get a better idea of his girth. However, his skin does appear to be a bit loose.

4. What is his genotype?

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Old 05-17-09, 06:34 PM   #17
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im not sure wat genotype means. i guess its just a normal cuz it was cheap. Yea he has a big waterbowl. I finnally fed him the medium rat and it took a Long time but he got it down. he's looking a lot better and i have backed off from power feeding, so he is eating every 6 days
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Old 05-17-09, 06:55 PM   #18
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Re: just got a new ball python, need help.

Since he's technically an adult it's better to go a longer period of time between feedings. I had an underweight borneo short-tail python and I kept her on 7 - 10 day feedings and it took only a few months to get her upto proper healthy size. There shouldn't be a rush to gain weight.

For breeding purposes, anything you want to breed him too. The only suggestion I will make is since he's a normal that you go with co-dominant or dominant mutations as you won't really have to deal with hets.
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