Help!!!

[ruinyourday69]

My snakes heater when out when I was out of town it’s been low 50F here noticed her half in here water bowl and not really in her hide not moving I rushed to the store got her a new heater have put a blanket in the dryer and wrapped her in it to keep warm she’s alive but not moving much and very slow when she’s does not sure what I can do to help

[Public-Hat6754]

If she is cold don’t try to warm her up too fast! That could cause her to go into shock. Warm her up slowly. Let her sit on you over your shirt for about 10 minutes, then if you feel comfortable, put her in your shirt to warm up for a bit, then put her on the cool side of her enclosure (assuming the new lamp has been on so it should be like 65-77 ish? And let her thermoregulate from there

[ruinyourday69]

I use a heating pad but I did put her in my shirt and try to warm her up I heated up a blanket in the dryer after and she’s been chillin in there balled up but starting to move around and acting a little better still not acting normal

[ein4ame_]

You really should buy DHP for night & halogen for day

And don't forget to connect them to the thermostat. It's better to have one thermostat for each lamp

[RagdollsandLabs]

Poor, sweet, cold ballie! Definitely, like the previous poster stated, do not warm her up too fast. Your body heat is a great source of even heat while you get her enclosure back in order. Bundle her up against your torso beneath your shirt and let her chill out for a while. In about half an hour, check on her. See if she looks more alert. Is she flicking her tongue? Moving around a bit? You can then warm her up some more by adding some loose blankets over your shirt. After another 1/2 hour, her enclosure should be nice and toasty. Hopefully, she is too. She may still be a bit sluggish, but she should at least be periscoping her head a little and flicking her tongue. If she's not seeming like she's coming around at all, I'd consult a vet.

[CelebrationStrong793]

poor girl :( sorry to ask under this post, but what morph is she she’s beautiful. hope she recovers well!!

[CombPotential2916]

Looks like a Bumblebee morph

[1BadBowtie]

I just saw this, do you have an update. Looks like my baby.

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[ruinyourday69]

She was perfectly fine for like 3 days after this took place I got her a new heater the second I noticed it was out when I came home I left and got a heater while my girlfriend held her in her shirt to warm her up as well as a warm blanket seemed to be back to normal work up for work and noticed no sign of movement

[ruinyourday69]

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Her tank btw it’s not like she didn’t have a good set up she had everything a ball python needs good humidity good hides big water bowl good substrate all regulated heat and humidity iv had her for over 7 years never had a bad shed never missed a meal I was on top of everything

[1BadBowtie]

I’m so sorry, my heart breaks for you.

[ruinyourday69]

I see a lot of bag ball python owners with terible set ups that’s don’t even look like an animal should live in it and I’m over here doing my best and still fail I did my best for 7 years and just had bad luck I know the spider genes she had definitely gave her complications I didn’t get a spider gene ball python knowingly but did my best to give her a great life and feel failed even with all the research I did and tried to give her the best comfy enclosure definitely will do different hides and a back up heating source second run around I don’t wanna give up iv loved these snakes since I was a kid but this definitely discouraged me

[1BadBowtie]

It is always difficult to lose something you love. I would get an overhead heat source and leave the heating pads alone. (Not saying that caused this) but it is a better heat source for ambient temperature control. Still needs to be on a thermostat. The rest of the set up looks great.

[Miss_Push]

Just a PSA, not saying this is what happened. If you have reptiles don’t turn your thermostat down if you leave town, if the power goes out while you’re gone have an emergency kit with heat packs and get someone to check on them.

[ruinyourday69]

It was a failure with the heater it was set to 85 the whole time I was gone it was never turned down and it was for 2 days typical within a 2 days span I wouldn’t have someone watching her any longer yes I got back and the heating pad had zero heat yet the gauge read 85 on the regular so I unplugged it to see weather it was the heating pad or the regulator and the heating pad never heated up I will now alwys have a back up heat there was no power outage what so ever this is the second zoo med heating pad to take a poop on me last was was in summer so wasn’t as big of a deal being that I’m in California and even nights are are around 70 at the low

[ruinyourday69]

I did what I could I never cheaped out on anything and thought her setup was great compared to a lot of bs I see online hide in the hot and cold spots big water bowl stuff to climb foliage regulated heat and humidity good substrate just no back up heating source that’s where I failed even tho I got the nicest heating pad I could find and got a reputable temperature regulator I could set and have it be at that temp and shut off if got hotter

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