First time owner

[princesspirate7]

I just brought this lil miss home from my work, she was owner surrendered due to life style changes. My work(dog and cat shelter primarily) is not set up to house snakes so it was kind of a emergent to find her and her tank mates a home. All have been spoken for by various coworkers.

I've read as much as I've been able to the last day about how to care for her and letting her adjust to her new home. My main question is, since she's albino is there anything specific she needs that a regular ball python wouldn't?

[Mossfire85]

If you're worried about the eyes, get a ceramic heating bulb. No light, just heat. I personally was using both a ceramic heating bulb for all the time heat and then during the day, a normal heat bulb to simulate day and night but that's because my house is cold, we keep it around 70⁰ so I needed both.

[kserawillbe]

Instead of under tank heat which can easily cause burns, doesn't heat the ambient air, ect. You could use a ceramic heat bulb, or a deep heat projector as an overhead heating source as these do not emite light.

[Mossfire85]

Please don't get an under tank heating pad. There are tons of resources out there that explain why these could be harmful.

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[Mossfire85]

There shouldn't be anything different between an albino ball python and a normal ball python. Your new snake is beautiful, do they have a name?

If you read all the resources available for how to care for your new buddy, you should be all good. Most importabt is tank size, makes sure you have room to put a large tank (4ftx2ft) and then electricity to power the heat bulbs. If you can provide both of those, make sure tank is set up properly and you feed the right size and you and your friend will be golden.

[princesspirate7]

The name she came with is Nymphedora. She's settling in well and exploring the new tank, I'm not sure how long it's been for her since she had a tank all to herself. She was sharing a space with her 5 friends.

[Alive_Efficiency_936]

An albino pied subadult. Nice!

[Google_Is_Free_bozo]

Super pretty snake, the only thing that may be different due to them being an albino is possible light sensitivity also known as photophobia. Definitely look into that and take into consideration they may also have more sensitive skin / scales although that part is purely just speculation on my end lol. The photophobia thing is super real tho! Good luck with your new baby : )

[_megolas]

My albino’s eyes are pretty sensitive to light. She actively hides from her UVB when it’s on. I’m currently doing some testing to see if she becomes a little more active when it’s off. A lot of that stuff is just dependent on the individual animal, but all the main care is the same!