Ball pythons will also need a soft substrate, hiding places (“hides”), and a drinking bowl. All of these items are available at pet stores, or you can source them from your own home.

It's certainly not their typical home, but for the second time in less than a month an exotic ball python has been found slithering around trails on Burnaby Mountain.

Ball pythons aren't venomous, and in any event, it's illegal on P.E.I. to own a poisonous snake or ones measuring longer than three metres. The humane society's new addition, a female, is about an ...

Ball pythons get their name from what they do when they feel nervous. Instead of attacking or hissing, they curl up into a ball and hide their head in the middle. It’s their way of staying safe.

Ball pythons in captivity therefore might have been missing out on important social time. “They like doing it,” Dr. Skinner said. The study’s finding underscores how much there is to learn, ...

An escaped ball python that’s been on the loose in Victoria for a month will eventually show itself, either to sun itself or feed, says the manager of Animal Control Services.