4 Apply triple antibiotic ointment like neosporin daily after betadine. Add a curved line with two dots below it for the nose and a sideways S with a long curved forked line sticking out of it for the mouth and tongue.

Feeding Your Pet Ball Pythons

Ball python egg clutches can include anywhere between 1 and 11 eggs.

Ball python tail tip is pointy. Usually it takes around 30 days after the shedding for the ball python to lay its clutch of eggs. Stuck shed on a ball pythons tail can stop blood from flowing to the tip of their tail. A topical antibiotic like Polysporin Silvadene cream Betadine ointment or Flamazine cream should be applied to the burned area after soaking.

During handling your ball python will treat you like a tree wrapping around your body arms etc. Ball pythons are nocturnal so being active and climbing around his enclosure at night is completely normal. They have bold blotchy patterning that helps to camouflage their bodies and.

Retained shed on tip of tail eyes around head make sure to remove old skin to avoid restricted blood flow to these parts After your ball python has shed make sure to check it for any retained shed. Ball python tails are very pointy and its easy for the shed to get stuck on the very tip. However looking at spurs is not a surefire way to tell your ball pythons gender.

Draw the body by extending the neck down and curving over itself complete with a pointy tail. As with humans a burn can dehydrate your. These pits allow the snake to see heat Ball pythons hunt by tracking heat signals that their prey gives off.

Without releasing any of the force you slide your thumb up the snakes tail towards its cloaca. Your ball python is overweight or obese if you can see accumulation of fat before the ventcloaca area. Although its worth noting that both of the paradox ball pythons we hatched were from Champagne mothers.

Since snakes dont have hands or feet to help them climb they use their powerful muscles to wrap around objects for stability. If its localized to the tail tip I dont see how it could be a burn or scale rot. If you notice any retained shed review your humidity levels.

Black Black-Backed The Black-Backed ball pythons origin is unknown they are likely a wild caught snake. 2 Remove substrate and use clean newspaper or paper towels. This will cause your ball pythons tail to fall off so always check to make sure they dont have any stuck.

So it doesnt fall. If you have just got your ball python and its poop is runny allow a bit longer to see if it becomes firmer. The squeaking could definitely be a sign of respiratory infection your temps are great humidity should be between 50-60.

Stress after shippingrelocation can cause runny poop in some ball pythons. The most widely accepted methods of ball python sexing are known as popping and probing Popping is a procedure which when performed correctly opens the snakes vent and exposes hemipenes if present. Aside from differences in length there are no other external markers that reliably discern between male and female ball pythons.

Originally bred from two Clown ball pythons the Stranger has a mostly light grey body with a long white pinstripe stretching from the base of its head to. Other signs to look for are hemipenal bulge and tail tapering at the end tip of the tail. Blisters and open wounds should be treated by soaking in a povidone iodine and water solution for 30 minutes daily until the injury has healed.

The ringers can be as small as the tip of the ball pythons tail or as enormous as the snakes entire body. First of all this could be due to improper temperatures lack of hides hunger outside stress factors. If your ball python is naturally slim you may notice ridges or bulges where the eggs are sitting.

Located below the nostrils and highlighted by the white line are a series of pits known as heat pits. Please remember that your ball python naturally gets active at night so it might be normal. If your ball python is too active it might be caused by few things.

This is normal not an assassination attempt. 1 Clean and disinfect the cage daily. Thats because spurs in adult males do wear down and might become smaller with time.

The ball python known scientifically as Python regius is highly revered in some parts of Africa. I personally found manuka honey to work better than antibiotic ointments if you decide to try this make sure it. Is your ball pythons cage located in a noisy room with many people passing.

However whats inside the vent determines whether a snake is a male or a female. Snakes such as the Ball Python also have a set of functioning nostrils. Healthy weight ball python must gradual tapering down of fat deposits from the mid-top and up to the tip of.

The tip of your ball pythons tail will appear small and thin compared to her swollen belly. From the outside male and female vents look almost identical. 3 Dilute betadine soak of tail tip about 5 to 10 mins daily.

There are four on each side of the mouth. The new skin is often even more colorful. In males this can push the hemipenes up and out of the vent.

If this behavior continues then your ball python can develop raw spots and sores on its head andor nose. Popping a snake is achieved by applying firm but gentle pressure to your snakes tail on the belly side about three-quarters of the way from the cloaca to the tail tip. Generally watery or runny poop isnt normal in ball pythons if it happens more than 2 times in a row.

Avoid fast movements as this can scare your snake. Ball pythons head must not look much smaller than its body girth body girth should be around 3 times larger than the head. Its a python species thats endemic to sub-Saharan Africa that thrives in warm tropical regions.

Male Ball Pythons have two intromittent sex organs called hemipenes the singular is hemipenis. Make sure temperatures in the cage are ideal. The most obvious sign of stress in ball pythons is head rubbing especially if your snake is rubbing its head against things when it isnt shedding.

Then you will find yourself playing the waiting game. This is harder to see in ball pythons with more body fat. Almost looks and feels like a.

This makes them one of the cheaper morphs on this list at 125. This can be a sign of a mite infestation see below but it can also be a sign of stress. This genetic phenomenon may or may not have anything to do with producing paradox ball pythons.

Popping is most safely done on. Id guess that it was caused by previous stuck sheds. His tail should culminate with a cap scale which is a cone shaped scale with a pointy tip.

If yes your ball python might get stressed due to. Ball pythons are non-venomous constrictor snakes that are the smallest of the African pythons. This morph was truly unique at creation however they are now easy to breed and have a very similar appearance and color intensity.

Add a second curve to the other side of the body. These spurs are used when mating climbing and fighting. Male and female Ball Pythons both have an anal vent or cloaca near the tip of their tail.

Around 2-3 weeks after the ball python begins to ovulate she will shed her skin.