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So my friend has these two ball pythons and wanted to know if they were anything special? I'm not quite sure but the younger one has nice flames and the older has a nice light color.

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Yes they are very special....in need of some humidity...and maybe a few good meals.
Besides that thye look like normals
Travis
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LAIR OF DRAGONS

I'm more of a lizard guy, what should i tell him to do?

we thunk too much alike?..
you need to move a half mile farther away again...

tell your friend...to read up on ball python care...

...even in here.....(see links to care sheets)...

real quick............
84 degrees
humid ....moreso than not
a good dark small hide
clean water every week or more...
feed once a week.....
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........JY

Both normals that are not being cared for properly.
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John Vandegrift

they are alive and they are his...that makes them special to him.....obviously not TOO special...//

THEY ARE UNDERFED AND NEED MOISTURE....

THEIR SKIN IS DRY

THEY NEED A MOISTER ENVIRONMENT...AS IN A MULCH THAT HOLDS MOISTURE...AS IN CYPRESS, WETTED...

...and more food....

Thank You...Have a nice day....tell your friend...
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........JY

wow..i can honestly say i feel really dumb. thanks for the help

why?...it's all cool....

they are not yours.....

anyways...all balls are cool.....all people need help....

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........JY

it just shows i still have alot to learn. And it was awkward emailing him back that his snakes aren't well cared for..

tellijg people they are wrong is easy when it comes to the critters' health.....

you should see and hear the people at the show (Hamburg) when they find a Big Dog Left in a car on a 999 degree day....some go nuts....screaming into the mic that "you got 1 minute to get this dog out or we bust all the windows" and stuff like that....some people want to beat and then lock the owners in the cars.......truly a Lovely scene erupts....all for the good of the dog......saw it more than once with more than a few people all thinking the same thing...
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......all this...and we all HATE PETA too....!!!
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it's wonderful....Love the animals...!!! (or kill them humanely and eat them)....???
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........JY

Those Ball Pythons do need some better care. The conditions they are kept in now is pretty common, however. Pet store advice, I assume? Anyways, it is easily corrected

Please, help your friend by Googling some of the Ball Python care sheets available. A good start would be to make sure they have enough humidity (about 70%) and a good temperature gradient so they can thermoregulate. I don't know the ages of those snakes, but they look like they could be fed a little more often as well. The care sheets can give you a lot more information.

If you have specific questions about how to get the environment just the way you like it, feel free to ask.
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25 year old 0.1 from Lincoln, NE
Ball Pythons - 0.1 Pastel, 1.0 Pastel het Pied, 0.1 Pied, 0.1 Cinn, 1.0 Black Pewter, 1.0 Woma (hidden gene?), 0.1 Yellowbelly, 2.1 Normals
Kingsnakes - 1.0 L. m. thayeri, 0.1 L. m. thayeri X L. alterna, 1.0 L. g. californiae
Other - 0.1 Whitesided P. catenifer sayi, 1.0 H. nascicus, ?.? Chrysemys picta, 0.1 crazy cat, 1.0 husband

I have the same type of cage, I found it hard to keep humidity in, so i covered about 3/4 of the top with a piece of Plexiglas i had. I worked great! Just point your friend here, these guys are great at helping out.