my ball python. (Bask) is having clear issues with his stomach. I can feel and see that the scales on his belly are not healthy. I m not sure if it is belly rot or what. The scales look like they are rough and kinda chipped. they also kinda fray and make his belly like sandpaper.(i know for a fact they should be relatively smooth like the rest of him.) I just got him from the store within the last 24hours. I ve surfed around and it says that too moist of living conditions when not in shed can cause scale rot and i saw a picture of the worst case belly rot and almost cried. will the conditions of his scales improve after his next shed? (b/c I m providing better care). so far my plan is to get him a multivitamin and warm dry conditions- though he seems to be on me more than in his cage. also he doesn t seem bad at all. he moves and plays more than i could imagine and takes any chance he gets to play/sleep on me. that being said. what is this belly thing. I ll try to post pictures shortly
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here is the best i have he simply won t stay still for the macro shot

I want to write a script that will go and grab data from a website. Specifically- the weatherunderground site. I need it to be able to grab a date from a list- go to weatherunderground- and pull up a comma delimited file and save it to a directory.

I m not sure how to go about doing this. My computer will compile python and perl- but I only program in IDL (similar to FORTRAN). If I could get perl/python to do this one task- I can put it in an IDL program that will read in the data for me. I know this is possible- but I don t know how to go about doing it. Here s the site.

http://www.wunderground.com/history/index.html

Do I pass this site to the script and somehow tell it what to enter- or do I pass it the full address of the file (just the dates change in the address)? How do I get it to go grab the data and save it for me?

My ball python went into his cave not useing the entrance lifting it up and sliping in and he left his tail out i help him and i look under him to make sure he was okay and guess what i saw two lil i mean very lil dots he/shes 1 years old

I ve got a few questions about my Ball Pythons.

They are small ball pythons- about 8 months old is my estimate. I got them last week. One is larger than the other; about the same length but almost twice the thickness. This one is angry at the world. I fed him once (live) with no problem- but he will not eat frozen. Every time I hold him- he headbutts me- hence his name "Helmet." He does not bite. I ve been told to hold him regardless of the biting so his power-trip fails. Is this good advice? How long will it take before he is less ****ed off?

The other python is calm and amazingly friendly. Except- he just finished shedding and has a lot of wrinkles. There s plenty of water in the tank- so I don t think it s dehydration. He just doesn t seem as muscular as Helmet does.

Finally- I found a single small bug under one scale of the friendly python. It s not from my tank; I think it was on the snake when I bought it. How do I remove it?

I ve had my python for several months. Lately he has been having problems striking at his food. I feed him dead fuzzies. He ll strike and miss all together. Sometimes he ll take the mouse and then spit it back out. What s wrong with him?