Meet Cheeto!

Now that Marbles is in her new 45 gal enclosure, I have an empty enclosure. Time for a new snake!

After careful research, I decided to get a Kenyan Sand Boa. These snakes are super docile and absolutely adorable. The local reptile expo was in town so I decided to head down there to see if there were any Kenyan Sand Boas (KSB) that I could buy.





I cleaned out Marbles old enclosure with terrarium cleaner and laid down around 3 inches of Aspen. I am not particularly fond of Aspen for Marbles because Marbles doesn't burrow. Also with Aspen, there is a higher chance of impaction, ingestion of substrate. The reason I chose Aspen is because KSBs are snakes are burrowing animals and Aspen is great for making and holding tunnels.




I honestly don't need such a big enclosure right now because KSBs are so small. A mature KSB can live their entire lives in a 20 gal long. I could have used a 10 gal and been just fine but I didn't have one on hand.

I went to the expo and adopted a female KSB who is a few months old. I named her Cheeto due to her natural orange complexion. KSB's natural morph is orange and black, but there are other morphs available. I choose the natural morph because I just fell in love with her color.



Female KSBs get about two feet in length at full maturity. Right now she is about 6 inches long. I don't get to see her much because she is burrowing and hangs out right over the under the tank heater.







Cheeto is so much fun to hang out with because she loves to go in between my fingers. She is a super slow mover and is just really chill. I am super happy with her.


I still love Marbles and she is doing well. Even though I now have two snakes that are two different species I will keep the blog name Python Point because Marbles is the main inspiration for this blog.

Ball Python Setup #3

So now that the background is complete, I added some begonias that I bought from the local hardware and garden store and one Pothos plant I bought from Josh's Frogs. I also added some spring tails from there as well so they can be the decomposers of the environment.

It looked beautiful!... for about a week. For some reason the begonias didn't like it and decided to die which was very rude but honestly it's okay because I thought they were ugly. I only bought them because I did not know what I was doing.

Okay take two. I went to a different store that had a much wider variety of plants and chose some that were better suited for higher temperature and higher humidity (the names escape me). But so far they've flourished in the enclosure. I water them twice a day and they seem fine.

(also added this light the guy at the expo I bought it from was kinda mean though)

Journey Into the Reptile World

I have always been interested in reptiles. Growing up, it was my favorite part of going to the zoo and to the pet store- I grew up fascinated by these creatures. Fast forward to now, an adult in college, I figured it was time to delve into this world that I have always been on the outside looking into, longing to be apart of it.

As I am new to this, I decided that a ball python would be easy enough for me to take care of as a beginner. Sleepless nights on YouTube researching the products and care I would need to provide for my reptile started me off in the right direction, but I needed more.

My first step on this journey was to the nearest reptile expo. The Lone Star Reptile Expo had a two day showing in my hometown, so I figured it was the best option I had to talk to experienced reptile handlers.

I had a lot of neat interactions:

• Holding a baby ball python. It had been awhile since I personally have held a snake so feeling her moving around made me nervous and excited simultaneously.
• Exploring the types of hides and substrates available
• Seeing exotic animals such as
• Chameleons 
• Axolotls
• Iguanas
• Tortoises
• Boas
•  Observing different complex morphs of ball pythons.

Getting to explore this expo opened my eyes into the reptile world. I learned a lot about the care of ball python- people's opinions and experiences on substrates, hides, heat sources, food, tanks etc.

I also was just very accepted by this community and that was just very surprising to me- joining a community you know little about is either you're accepted or rejected. But these people were just so loving and accepting and they put up with my questions that were very basic and simple. I am excited to become apart of this world!