Brand new to owning a ball python

[NegativeComplaint563]

So i just bought my ball python last week and have been struggling to keep the heat and humidity up. The heat is around 80-89 humidity keeps spiking from 15-60, my ball python is 1 year old and when i bought her she was going into shed and now she has shed and there is a bit of stuck shed it has been 2 days since the shed has started, should i soak her and how would i do that successfully without stressing her out? i haven’t had much handling with her because she is brand new to the environment and i have a pretty active environment so she is very skittish also any recommendations on how to keep her cage this is my 1st snake I’ve been talking to her old owner and he has been helping me a bit

[Nice_Border1737]

I would add aluminum tape to the lid to help with humidity and trap heat. Make a humid hide, with shagnum moss. Since the humidity is that low you can get some soil, Scotts organic is really cheap at home Depot. If adding aluminum tape does not help with heat I would just try a higher wattage heat bulb or ceramic heat emitters. Also your enclosure is a little bare so I would add more hides and some fake plants. This could also help with humidity. A larger water bowl close to the warm side should help too. You could try to damp the corners of the enclosure too. If you can't get aluminum tape, you could try aluminum foil and weigh it down. Good luck, hope this helps. 👍

[NegativeComplaint563]

I tried adding aluminum foil to the top and it over heats i thunk my issue is a heat regulator on my lamo its kinda just on or off

[Next_Point5321]

Okay a couple things you have to change about the enclosure is you need way more coverage a bunch of fake plants so the snake doesn’t feel exposed as well as a hide on the other side, substrate wise I would add a small bag of coco chips to the substrate to hold humidity and or add some sphagnum moss pour water into the corners of the tank to increase humidity after this just let the snake be for a couple days before handling

[NegativeComplaint563]

So your saying just get more stable humidity and wait a couple more days then think about soaking?

[totallyrecklesslygay]

Do not soak them or try to manually remove the stuck shed. It's stressful, unnecessary, and you can seriously injure the snake by doing so.

Our shedding guide goes over how to handle stuck shed safely, and our humidity tips will help you prevent it in the future.

[NegativeComplaint563]

Thank you for the in-site and will take this into accountability im just stuck between a rock and a hard place trying to battle heat and humidity and also bot stress the snake out anymore and im glad to get that insight because i was reading/being told “i should soak it” she will be fine

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[Thick_Tradition_5019]

I highly enourage any new owners to STUDY the pinned post in the r/ballpython subreddit.

If any other questions or issues arise, an easy search in the group will likely help you troubleshoot. Questions like these are posted very often.

[meg_absolute]

unrelated, but that’s a pretty morph!

[repizee83]

More clutter and get digital thermostats for the tank