I just brought home my very first pet snake—a beautiful ball python—and now it’s time to build him a proper home. In this ...

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Adjust the temperature in the enclosure. Clean the habitat. What to do if your ball python still won’t eat. Schedule an appointment with a vet.

Ball pythons require an enclosure (vivarium) that is as long as their bodies and three times as wide. Make sure they cannot escape from this enclosure and that you properly ventilate it.

Ball pythons were long assumed ... Dr. Skinner and his colleague Tamara Kumpan placed a mixed-sex group of six pythons for 10 days in a large enclosure — one with enough plastic shelters for ...