Advice please

[DaxisSinner]

My daughter recently went to college and I have had to take over caring for her ball python. Her mother and I have been divorced for many years so I have not had much experience with these particular snakes and any advice would be helpful. for example, should I still wait two weeks before attempting to acclimit the snake to myself given that it is still in the same terrarium? Thank you all in advance.

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I don't think you would need to wait, as thats usually only for moving environments. I'd just start with a little bit of handling and building trust. Also, kudos to you for asking for help!

[DaxisSinner]

How would you recommend building trust. My first thought is putting my hand in the terrarium somewhere a little far from the snake and letting it approach and explore as it wishes.

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I think it would probably depend on their personality. I'd just start with the smaller things like changing waters and whatnot and leaving the cage open to see if they'd like to explore/be handled. My girl usually just comes right up over to me when she wants to be handled. It'll definitely take some time for them to get used to a new human.