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i was wondering if it was good to hold my new ball alot or should i not hold it that much its about a foot long

Here's my take. All handling stresses snakes. Stress can lead to not eating among other things. I wouldn't hold it at all for a couple weeks after getting it home. Then let it eat. After it's eaten it's first meal, wait a few days. Then it's ok to handle it 1/2 hr every other day or so. All handling stresses snakes. If it's in it's shed cycle, don't handle it then either. Sometimes it depends on the snake. My smallest definitly doesn't like to be handled a lot and still balls up so I take her out just enough to keep her used to handling. The full grown ball never balls up and loves to explore so I take him out more often.

How's your set up? Do you know if the snake is captive bred?
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i have it in a 20 gal. a hidding spot and driftwood to climb around on one side of the tank is kept at 85to90 F with a daylight bulb and heating pad then at night i put in the night glo bulb and yes its captive bred.