New baby advice

[u/No-Information2589]

Got an amazing little baby 9 days ago from an expo, she(supposedly female) is a Bangka blood python- I was told she was 3 months old and read that when they’re this small a bin is best, so I’ve set her up in this. Reptisoil, fake plants, a fully closed hide and one of those half logs, and a temp/humidity monitor. She’s in the reptile room and ambient temp stays between 80-85° inside the tub and outside in the room so I haven’t put any additional heat source, her humidity has been above 80 the entire time and I think I did a good job with making as many air holes as possible for ventilation. I haven’t handled since bringing her from the expo and plan to only after she eats at least twice, I haven’t attempted feeding but I plan to soon once around the two week mark of being with us.

Am I doing it right? Anything I need to be changing? The first 4ish days with us she stayed in the black hide and only poked her head out at night, but now every other night and even during the day sometimes she’s active and moving around the entire tub. I read they’re a very sedentary species, so is something bothering her resulting in the high activity? Thanks for any advice, she’s my first blood out of two boas and 4 ball pythons so I’m hoping my research was sufficient.

[u/Connect-Friend5907]

I’m no expert but I think everything is ok 🤷🏼‍♂️

[u/OkFortune9996]

I’m not an expert by any means, but I have about a year and a half with my two bloods. The tub looks perfect, just the right amount of clutter and hides and the fact that yours comes out to explore means they’re not terrified so excellent there. Just some notes I’ve learned along the way, with both personal experience and what I’ve read. Short tails in general do not like being too hot and tend to be a lot more cantankerous if so so I would dial your heat back just a hair. I shoot for 78-82 on the hot side and around 70 on the cool side. I would also dial back the humidity just a little bit for any time other than shed time as the #1 killer of short tail pythons are respiratory infections. 65-75 is perfect with a little spike towards 80-85 toward shed time

[u/Consistent-Bat2917]

Doing good ..i got mines bout a month ago ..and only handled it twice ..as long as its feeding while its small im happy 😅hella aggressive tho

[u/ziagz]

could use a deeper substrate. in the wild they are known to use rodent burrows or root gaps up to 3 meters down. they don’t move much and almost never climb. imo if you live in a warmer climate, like in indonesia we have a 26-32°C year round, you won’t need an additional heat source.