How to know if you're a BAD snake keeper 

Out of all the big name breeders and youtubers i follow to get ideas and information from, i honestly will say i appreciate and enjoy you/ and your content most. your not like others you actually give advice to people and help others even if the person isn't apart of your patreon. i recently ran into an issue with my male yellowbelly and i tried contacting the person to get help and because im not on his patreon i couldn't get the help. took me about a week to figure it out and hes showing signs of improvements already. but just wanted to say that and say i appreciate you. ive always said you can tell the ones who are in it for the money compared to being in it for the right reasons.

Thanks for your videos I've recently took on a rescued ball python! your videos have showed me how to take care of my snake and hopefully give her a good life! regards from Manchester England

Thanks Bob for looking into my questions!! Speaking to the breeder who l will be picking up my second royal from soon, she actually moved some of her snakes back from bio set ups to regular enclosures as that worked better for both her and the animals. And a very interesting point about royals reacting scared to uvb, as well as possibly unsettling the snake by moving it to a different enclosure. Both things are on my mind now that the new terrarium is almost finished...so l might be able to add some observations of my own soon. 😉

Hi, Bob! I asked a question about switching my juvenile BP to rats from mice during the stream and I have an update! I feed frozen/thawed and I have a couple spare small mice, so I defrosted one alongside a rat and used it to scent the rat. My snake took it almost immediately! It was a bit of a step up in size for her and the first time I've seen her put forth more than a casual effort to eat for awhile. All went well and I'm so glad. Thank you for the advice!

This was really great, I enjoyed it. Regarding the bioactive question - do snakes act different - my experience is a whopping no. I think people forget or choose to not believe that most snakes are extremely secretive, and bioactive has nothing to do with whether a snake is active or hiding.

You take your snake to Catalina island? That's awesome! That's where my fascination begun, on a school field trip for a whole week we were on the island and someone brought a rather large snake species (couldn't tell you what kind, it was too long ago and obviously I didn't know snakes back then) but I suspect it was either a burm or a retic. Anyway I was so excited as a little boy when I saw that thing that even though we were supposed to wait our turn for our class, I ignored the teacher snd ran up to it and just couldn't stop petting it and feeling it, I fell in love from then on.

I just got home from work and seen this. Kinda bummed I missed the live but can't wait to watch anyway!!

27:01 yay! Stoked for your upcoming shedding video 😁

💎Thank you, Bob💦🌿🐍 we 💕love our happybasins💗🐍

Hi Bob, I recently came upon your channel after getting my first ball python. I want to take a minute to say thank you for sharing all your knowledge. I’m still getting comfortable with handling him, and all your advice has been so helpful for my confidence as a new python owner. He took his first meal like a champ, and I don’t think I would’ve been as successful without seeing some of your videos. If you have a moment I have a question, I do want to handle my snake more, (obv not during shedding or after eating). But I feel intrusive taking his hide off to grab him? He is 10 months old, and handling has been okay so far but do you have any tips on conquering that fear of disturbing them? Thanks again for all your videos and sharing so much awesome info.

I use uvb for my snake and mine doesn’t have a heat element to it so he doesn’t really use it too often. he would much rather be in one of his hides but he does like climbing up to the top of his enclosure with the help of some plants I have stuck to the walls of the enclosure

My husband is a bourbon collector and when you pulled up the bottle of bourbon it was a fun surprise for him.

....another thing l wanted to ask listening to you talking about feeding: do you also feed chicks and or quails to your ball pythons? I would love to offer some enrichment in the food department (and we do not have reptilinks in Europe 😔), hence the question.

. Just bought a ball python today warm side at 90 cool side at 75 the humidity is not good on the warm side it’s reading like 69-67 the cool side reading 76. It won’t drop for nunthing. I got a glass 20 gallon tank I have at least 80% of the lid cover up to try and dry the air out. I leave in NC do I need a dehumidifier and set it by the tank or wat this my first ball. Paper towel for bedding

You got my sub from the first vid. Keep up the good work.

He's adorable. 💛

hey bob, tiger Lilly is looking beautiful! i tried the uva/uvb bulbs on my 3 ball pythons and they didn't seem to care for it much, they all actually showed signs to be scared of the light. as soon as they would come out of the hide would hurry right back under. so after a couple days of them not thermoregulating properly because of the light i ended up switching back.

Question bob would you recommend uvb lights for ball pythons are there any benefits? should i add them to my list as i've been trying to gather as much info as i want one of these cuties

havnt watched the video yet, cuz im at the bar drinking instead of watching my snakes

What do you do when you find you start getting overwhelmed and wanting to take a step back in collection size? Especially since for a long time new keepers were encouraged to start with 'beginner species" to prepare for a desired animal rather than just hopping into that animal. I have a couple 'beginner species' that i currently love and care for like any other snake in my collection but as I've grown with husbandry and confidence, my hunger for more obscure, advanced, and/or genetically complex animals grows. And it's not like i can't take care of the original animals i purchased, or that I'm dying to get rid of them. But to put it bluntly, more and more i am beginning to see the space they consume as lost real estate and a waste of resources rather than another animal i am loving and excited about. I'm finally confident enough in my abilities as a keeper that i can seriously consider a chondro in the future. This is the point in my hobby that I've been 'preparing for.' But i feel extremely guilty for even thinking about giving up some of my animals to free up space and resources for me to get more. Even if those other snakes are ones I've been wanting for years. That and, in said years i have also learned SO much more about the 'improving mental welfare' side of keeping. I have so many things i want to upgrade and update and buy for my snakes and fixtures i want to build, and it's all coming so fast, that the idea of stepping back and reducing my collection down to the animals i want to continue investing in sounds really attractive because then there's less to upgrade. I can buy enclosures to experiment with for future animals instead of having to put an animal immediately in it. I can work on developing skills with bioactive. I can bask in the glory that is less money i have to spend at RodentPro. And much more. And tbh, my taste has evolved away from some species that i currently keep. So there's that as well... Sorry MBK. I still have every animal that i have ever purchased for myself since the start of my passion over half a decade ago. If i were to get rid of some of those animals and most likely take a break from new animals for a couple of years, but then continue to get more later on, would that make me a bad keeper?

UVB helps with color

Hi bob! Great video! I wish I could have caught it live. I wanted to ask. Is it normal for a ball python to pretty much stay in his warm hide. The hides are identical and the ambient temp on my cool side fluctuates between 77 and 80. My snake only goes to his cool hide to shed or go to the bathroom lol. Also. Just wanted to say. I have a glass enclosure with aluminum tape on the screen and use a infrared red bulb for heat 24/7. He just shed for the first time with me and it was completely in one piece. Eye caps and tale piece and all so humidity is good. Is using a red bulb 24/7 ok? I have read mixed reviews on it. I live in Illinois and keep my house at 68 so a heat mat is out of the question because it would be too cold for my snake. The bulb does great but I’m just worried about the red light it emits. I don’t want it to scare or stress my snake

I wish I could like this video more than once!!

Kool ,,,, loved it

My air temps read 73°-71° (F) in the morning but go up to 81°-82° throughout the day, is that ok or should I set up a CHE (I already have one but I just haven’t used it)

😍😍 Inspector, super cute!!

Can I have a ball python in an outdoor enclosure in Kentucky

What about if you work at a corporate pet store and have controll over the inventory of said frozen rats are they ok ?

I bought a separate heat lamp specifically because I was told my heat mat wasn't sufficient enough heat from reddit and I was abusing my snake for having only a heat mat.

Is a male or female easier to take care of

Hi...is there any information on bp shedding and mites. Do the mites shed off the snakes? I just got him four days ago and am doing the dawn method. Have done once and will do every couple days for 30 minutes He dislikes it very much. I heard to keep in the bath for multiple days but am scared to do this. Ordered natural mite spray on Amazon.

Such a shame it comes down to the al mighty dollar before communication can take place...

You own a lot of scaly belts?

Witrh your PB thats a "mouser" is it sustainable? can a BP reach maturity eating nothing but mice? i have 8 BPs and one of them....not only refuses to take F/T but will ONLY take live, and only take mice. male Pied leopard, 450grams. im slightly worried i dont know why. well mainly because all my other Bps are on rats FT =[

Hello.