Wish me luck! RI

Come to think of it, he may have been sick when I brought him home. I remember Eric pointing out the snake the first night...he was pointing his head straight up in the air, not moving. It was a little odd. I saw him do the same thing when I noticed the popping and yawning on Saturday.

Flip...68F..that's incredibly low!! Suprised your book suggested that. What book was that BTW?

That exactly what his temps are during the day. There is one hot spot that gets to 95...he moved the mulch around when he was digesting his meal. I was doing the night drop because I had read it was bad for them to have the same temps 24/7.

I don't know if it's in publication anymore. "Ball Pythons" by John Coborn. I got it many moons ago when I first got interested in BPs.

That's what I like about the threads, prefer hearing about everyone elses experience rather than trusting websites and the odd book here and there. Some really good folk here at Fauna..helped me immeasurably!

Best of luck with your BP!

Well, until I get a chance to talk to the vet, I'm dropping the night drop (so to speak). That puts my temps at 90 - 95 on the warm side (the bedding makes it variable...I LOVE my temp gun), with the ambient/cool side at 80-82.

Currently he's hanging out on the 90ish area.

As for the humidity, it is only near 80 for an hour or two. It drops fairly quickly to 70, and stays there for about 1/2 the day. By the time I wake up, it's about 60 and I spray the tank again.

Shanti,
I'd be willing to bet that this was already cooking when you got the snake. An overnite temp of 75 degrees shouldn't do that to a healthy ball. Heck, when I was cooling stuff for breeding, my 05s were in 75-77 degrees for days at a time (finally got half a rack built and heated, so that is resolved). I'm not sure how you are set up, but shoot for ambient temps in the mid eighties & a hot spot in the low 90s - even if you have to temporarily put it in a smaller enclosure. I would also ease up a bit on the misting...too much humidity now will only compound the problem. Sorry to hear he's sick, but hopefully he'll recover quickly

Will do with the misting. Do you think keeping it around 60 would be ok?

For Ball Pythons I would not want the humidity any higher than 60. For me 55 to 60 is the sweet spot.

I guess I my thought would be to go a bit lower...but I haven't had to deal with this with my BPs, so I can't really say what the impact might be either way