My Ball Python a few pics

[Krispy]

Wow! Just wow! And she kinda looks like he just a pic, what do I know lol

now explain me how on earth s/he is nit crashing everything inside? My girl is crashing even wood chips, she is also a rescue. Happened to escape from somebody and sneak out into a a home washroom. A lady went there and saw her, jumped on a toilet and called firefighters, and these brought her to our clinic. She was tiny tiny snakey back then.

you gotta tell me how you set up everything here and why it's still alive, I wanna do it too!

Actually thats a funny story. Since snakes rely on belly heat to digest, there is no drainage layer. However, we do have to use a soil moisture meter to make sure im not too saturated. Like i usually rant, most of my uva needs are met by 56-65k full spectrum grow bulbs. Uvb, and an infared. But, like in the joshs frog moss thread, a 56k GE full spectrum Color Effects bulb (twisty) works also for mild uva. The soil is bioactive diy we found on another forum. With some All natural orchid bard soil mixed in. Mist lightly 2x daily. And walla. I use the ultrasonic cool mist experiment too which helps alot with the moss.
The soil compacts as the snake roams. She may be a wee dirty for a day or 2. Lightly pack it with your hand.
In the tank is:
Ivy: ground plant, any light, high water consumption. Handles slithering and trampling very well. Can be purchased in a veriety of shades/colors
Pothos: come on now, if it dies ill poop myself. Any light, can be hung anywhere on anything, broken stems root anyways. Personally i hid my main cluster behind a large fake nat geo stump(cool hide) it keeps her from the main cluster...
Croton(the big plant): thick stemmed, flexible large leaves. We tested this before trying it, ya can grab the leaf mid way and push it straight down. Takes effort to break them. This needs to be near a wall. Maybe a piece of fake vine or suction cups with string? We have a foam background so i made staples, picked a leaf, and pinned it around the narrow/stem area to the background. Mind you, if tubby goes ham, im putting the staple back up in the morning. The plants roots are doing good so theres not much issue.
The long grass: name unknown but its a house plant. It just grows like nuts and doesnt care about trampling. Id recommend this for large frogs as well. Its impressivly durable.
The moss: ugh all outdoor harvested. 10:1 bleached, then soaked in hot water. Some soil left on it. Its best to place a piece of bark under any moss. The moss will root and process the bark. Your humidity is key to the moss. Our fogger grows it like a G. Regular misting on the moss if you spray. Cool enough we have a few woods plants growing out of the moss as well. Were not sure what they are besides some grasses and forest floor covering plants, which i think is an awsome thing.

Well heres a ton of pics!




















On a cell phone... sweet god my thumbs hurt

[Lija]

That's just too good to be true lol im fairy sure my monster would crush it all, I believe she is about 6lb, may be more now, she can eat medium sized bunny and it won't be vsible in her belly lol not that I can convince her eat a bunny, she is very picky like most bp.
will go try to take pic.

[Krispy]

Well now im excited! Sounds like a big girl. Were still on rats because its head is finally trying to catch up to her belly. It is a daily poke at setup but i am IN LOVE with all natural setups. Believe me, in 3 years since she was about a foot long weve been through alot of experiment plants. Fatty squooshed them all lmao. This setup so far is the most rugged.

I dedicate a few hours a day to daily upkeep on them all. Saturdays are our sob days

[Krispy]

Shoulda put the pics n stuff in the viv section. Really freak people out lol.

I used to be a regular on ball-pythons.net when i surpassed them i grew bored, came back a year later to an almost dead site. Tried to help. Just no life. The wife loves frogs and im a herp nut so. Here we are. Now she wants all kinds of books and courses fml... To support it im going to sell most of my wood enclosures i make from here out. Phew so much....

[Lija]

The thing is.... Most herp nuts are ending up here just look at me lmao

i hate keeping anybody in a rack systems or "snake enclosures", love naturalistic look!

[Krispy]

The thing is.... Most herp nuts are ending up here just look at me lmao

i hate keeping anybody in a rack systems or "snake enclosures", love naturalistic look!

I also, would hate life in a white shoe box...

[Krispy]

Ah tank evolution. Added a brom. Couldnt help myself. Also added another palm grass and a red ivy in the back.



Mwa ha ha