This particular snake has a sad history.
He was initially sold by a local pet store that I try to avoid, they never told the young lady how to properly care for him.
Now I am not going to give the original owner too much credit, as I tried to explain things to her more than once. She was too wrapped up in her own personal issues to have the time or resources to take care of him correctly.
The apartment he was in has forced air heat, and she used a screen cover over a large aquarium, never misted AND had a small filthy water bowl.
The snake had NO hide at all, was taken out and molested repeatedly every single day, one household member works second shift, the other sells drugs, so the lights in that living room were NEVER off.
His sheds always came off in chunks, he was constipated and not so healthy when she finally called me and asked me to come and pick him up.
Now this may be my first BP, but I have been keeping Colubrids for a long time. I could not just let this snake expire in hell, so I went and got him.
The first step in freeing up a constipated reptile is a warm soak. (They will not eat laxatives for me unless I gut loaded a mouse with ex lax just before feeding {humor ar ar})
That is when I noticed that he seemed to like cruising the tub, I have also learned that he is more comfortable if the water is only a few inches deep, so his belly can touch the bottom of the tub.
Due to the number of snakes we own, It would be impossible to try and handle all of them every day, so realistically the BP gets handled a couple times a week. In fact our daughter wants to maul him every day after school, and I always say NO.
Before I close this novel, I would like to point out that I do have one snake "Xena" a gorgeous copper phase Storeria dekayi
(dekay brown snake) that will "dance around" in front of her tank until I take her out. then she will crawl all over me, and on up into my hair. She will sit in my left hand and take food from my right hand.
as an experiment, I took her outside and tried to let her down on the ground, she grabbed onto my hand and would not let go until I brought her back into the house.
Xena has been with us 3 years, and I think I have her psychologically profiled quite well.
Our BP is very healthy now, he eats well, poops regularly and I am confident that the next shed will come off clean.
We have radiant heating (does not dry the air) and the second thing I did was cut holes in a medium size shipping box then placed it in his tank. (Guess where he spends 80-90 percent of every day)
I mist his cage every day with a spray bottle. (The basking lamp will drive the moisture away) his water bowl is HUGE so if he wants to he can crawl around in it, and occasionally he does.
Now I don't want to pat myself on the back too much, but taking on an unexpected pet, providing for it, feeding, electricity for the heaters, etc.. changing my life for the next 20+ years just so this critter can live a comfortable existence is a big move and not something everyone would do.
psychological health is just as if not more important than physical health, in fact the two go hand in hand. Stress is the number one cause of illness in the reptile world.
Kindest regards,
Wayne A. Harvey
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1.0.0 Ball Python - Python regius "Cane" Rescue
1.2.9 Storeria dekayi Casper, Xena, Athena, & Kids
0.0.2 Thamnophis marcianus - Checkered Garters "spot" & "Zig"
0.0.1 Thamnophis sirtalis - eastern Garter - Princess
1.0.0 Thamnophis pickeringi - Puget Sound Garter "Sky" (adult, Sky blue)
0.0.1 Nerodia sipedon - Water Snake - "Aqua"
0.1.10 Storeria occipitomaculata - Red Belly snakes
0.0.1 Amelanistic Corn Snake "CY" Juvinile CB
0.1.0. Pueblan Milk snake "Oreo" adult CB
1.0.0. ASIAN GREEN SNAKE 3' WC Cyclophiops major
0.0.1. Savannah Monitor "CHOMPER"
0.1.0. Green Anole "Crystal" WC
1.0.0. K9 "ACE" Black Cockapoo
0.2.0. Feline"Felix"(R.I.P. 4/27/08) "Kaja" & "Silver"
0.1.0. calico RAT
2.4.?? Mice - Feeder farm - Crickets / fish
More herps than I could ever list out back on the land. 
