r/ballpython • u/xtremepandas • Mar 28 '25

Question What the hell happened

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Just saw this on the camera, had him for about a month now and hes 3 months old

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u/Interesting_Crab3251 Mar 28 '25

Telekinetic abilities

Your humidity is too low btw, should always be 65-80%

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u/xtremepandas Mar 28 '25

Ill adjust his mister to go off more frequently!

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u/kiwismangoo Mar 28 '25

You shouldn’t be misting down the tank constantly it can lead to scale rot :/

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u/Interesting_Crab3251 Mar 28 '25

Misters and humidifiers can cause respiratory infections if they're inside the enclosure, not your fault you didn't know :) there's better ways to keep the humidity up

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u/Impala1967_1979_1983 Mar 28 '25

Please don't most. It doesn't really raise the humidity, just adds short spikes. It can also cause problems with them and doesn't do anything for the humidity, it just wets the top part of the substrate and can also cause scale rot. Pour water in all 4 corners of the enclosure and along the borders of the enclosure.

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u/GrapeFlavoredMilk Mar 30 '25

What kind of mister do you use?

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u/Interesting_Crab3251 Mar 28 '25

Look at this subs guide. It's a myth that high humidity causes RIs, actually low humidity can. The humidity at night in africa reaches 100% often

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u/Impala1967_1979_1983 Mar 28 '25

That's false and misinformation. A ball pythons natural habitat has humidity between 60-80% with spikes up to 100 at night. Any lower then 60 is perfect for RIs and is outdated information that is harmful to them. Just because they have water and are managing to shed means nothing. Breeders offer their snakes water and manage to get them to shed all their skin in one piece. Doesn't mean they are taking care of them properly. The average humidity should be between 70-80% all the time, allowing it to rise higher at night and never letting it drop below 60

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u/Horned_One_87 Mar 29 '25

You are wrong the humidity is fine for the hot side of the tank. Cool side humidity should be above 70 percent but hot side will often be lower in the 40s and 50s due to the air drying from the heat lamps.

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u/Interesting_Crab3251 Mar 29 '25

I know that. His is clearly reading 55 on the cool side

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u/TheSliceOfHell Mar 28 '25

Likely a fart. They fart extremely violently, and usually loudly, lol. This is the exact behavior they’ll exhibit.

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u/BugBuddy987 Mar 28 '25

As soon as I saw that open mouth with these 'cramps', I knew it was farts 😭 Too bad there's no audio 😂

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u/NemosGal90 Mar 28 '25

I was chilling in my living room one day and heard a strange loud ass sound. I knew the farted but I had never heard her do it before. It was hilarious

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u/Odd_Huckleberry2364 Mar 28 '25

TIL that snakes can fart, the more you know.. 🤔

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u/Steve_but_different Mar 30 '25

Dude same. Snake farts look like they feel terrible..

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u/Uiscefhuaraithe-9486 Mar 29 '25

This is my new favourite information.

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u/Content_Hope_37 Mar 29 '25

Wait. These noodles fart? I mean it makes sense but… it never occurred to me

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u/Diving_Senpai Mar 30 '25

I guess it makes sense that gases build up in pressure in there

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u/Nukedragon00668 Mar 30 '25

I see posts all the time about ball pythons farting but mine has never done it in the almost 6 years I've had him. Is there something wrong, or is he just not a gassy boi?

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u/Despisingthelight Mar 30 '25

no one ever tells you how loud a snake fart can be...... and even if they did, you still won't be prepared for it. my 5 ft. ball can rattle her cage doors.

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u/ThEpOwErOfLoVe23 Mar 30 '25

This happens to me a lot too.

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u/Dragonraja Mar 31 '25

I was thinking a fart or taking a crap

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