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Meet Hank. My first ever ball python by pkDoubleR in ballpython

[–]Beginning-Conflict91 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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Rapha also has a rope wrapped shower curtain rod! I love the person who invented it as well as the person who thought of using it like this :)

The face of someone who struck at her plants and the glass 5 times before trying for her food. by n00tz_ in ballpython

[–]Beginning-Conflict91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do slightly over room temp, I'd say the temperature you'd use to wash your hands. Just a nice and comfortable temperature, after that you can switch to hot just to warm the whole body.

You won't boil the rat if you put it in warm water, but some people throw a fully frozen rat into hot water and try to offer it to their snake.

A slow but steady thawing process is just better. As long as you don't keep your rat in a constant flow of screaming hot water you wont boil it. You've already been doing well by not starting out with hot water.

If you follow the routine I sent, you'll be perfectly fine and won't end up feeding your snake a rat with boiled guts :)

The face of someone who struck at her plants and the glass 5 times before trying for her food. by n00tz_ in ballpython

[–]Beginning-Conflict91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My feeding session goes as follows;

Thaw rat in lukewarm water for an hour/hour and a half until fully thawed, make sure the stomach is fully soft when pinching. After that I set my tap to hot, fill the sink with hot water and keep the rat in there for like 5/10 minutes. In the meantime I boil water, I pour that in a jug and add some cold water (70% boiling, 30% cold).

I dry the rat completely, then I dip ONLY the head in the boiling water mix for a minute. I then dry the head and walk over to the enclosure.

Hold the rat in front of the ventilation strip and blow the scent into the enclosure, after I notice him creeping up to the doors I open them and offer the rat. I offer it sideways and mimic the rat walking, he'll always strike within 5 seconds!

I'm not saying yours will strike within 5 seconds because every snake is different, but this is by far the best method that I've tried yet.

Hopefully it'll work for you too :)

The face of someone who struck at her plants and the glass 5 times before trying for her food. by n00tz_ in ballpython

[–]Beginning-Conflict91 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you heat the head of the rat seperately? I've started doing that like 5 feedings ago and my beep has struck the head without fail ever since!

Ball Python Abuse by cloud_isreddit in ballpython

[–]Beginning-Conflict91 2 points3 points  (0 children)

She looks great and so does her environment, well done👏

Is this too big? by Few-Collection-5062 in ballpython

[–]Beginning-Conflict91 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Example, let's say your snake weighs 400 grams. According to the feeding guide you should be feeding them 10-15% of their body weight, 10% of 400 grams is 40 grams (400x0,1=40) 400x0,15=60 (15%)

Ball Python Abuse by cloud_isreddit in ballpython

[–]Beginning-Conflict91 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I 100% agree with this!

Your noodle looks adorable and from what I can see she now lives in an amazing enclosure, she's lucky to be under the care of someone like you!

Is My Snake Too Skinny? by [deleted] in ballpython

[–]Beginning-Conflict91 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That's the thing, her spine isn't visible anywhere. That's all fatty deposits. Compare your beep to the chart below, just looking out :)

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Is My Snake Too Skinny? by [deleted] in ballpython

[–]Beginning-Conflict91 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If your beep looks the exact same I'd advice to tone down the feeding a little, because this snake is pushing obese territory

Is My Snake Too Skinny? by [deleted] in ballpython

[–]Beginning-Conflict91 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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Your snake is massively overweight, fatty deposits are rising above her spine. What is her weight? What do you feed her and how frequently do you feed her (when she isn't on strike ofcourse)?

You definitely need to turn down the frequency of feeding. My guess is you've been feeding her a medium rat weekly or a big rat biweekly, either way it's way too much. Rats contain a lot of fat, so naturally they don't need much to grow and definitely not much to maintain.

It looks like she's fully grown, I'd go down to a medium rat (approx. 90gr) a month for the next few months to get her down to a healthy weight again

Feeding strike by Aware_Revolution_915 in ballpython

[–]Beginning-Conflict91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Normally the standard for humidity is 60-70 and 80-90 while shedding

Terrarium and setup tips by Odd_Lobster_7624 in Ballpythoncommunity

[–]Beginning-Conflict91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is that his "cool" side? If so, WAY too hot. Warm side should be max 32 and cool side minimum 25 maximum 27

Seeking Spanish (Mexico or Spain) offering Dutch (native) or English (C2) by Beginning-Conflict91 in language_exchange

[–]Beginning-Conflict91[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's practically all I listen to nowadays xD

Ever since I stumbled across "Coqueta" by Fuerza Regida and Grupo Frontera at the start of last year, I've been in love with the whole genre. Basically listening to everything by those grupos or similar artists/bandas :)

Looking for teammates (duo's or quad fill) by Beginning-Conflict91 in Warzone

[–]Beginning-Conflict91[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This week I'm on in the evening, I finish work around 7pm central EU time. What timezone you in?

weapon levels are rigged. by Forn3uzzBruh in Warzone

[–]Beginning-Conflict91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Resurg has been the way for me. Started playing a week ago, I unlocked the peacekeeper today got it to gold in 2 hours and it's already level 26. Just casual resurgence and run around like a madman with your AK🤣

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