Today was my girls first time eating a Medium size mouse.(Currently thickening her up enough to start feeding her small rats) She's About 8 or 9 months old and Ive never seen this kind of behavior before. Normally after a meal she will go into her warm hide, or bask on top of it while she's digesting depending on how much she wants to be hidden. But today after her meal she spent about 5 minutes on the cooler end of her enclosure sitting around her water dish. Then went between her two hides for a little. Basked for maybe five minutes then started burrowing in her substrate. I checked temps to make sure she was comfortable. On top of her hide is 89, inside her hide is 85, her cool hide is 75.
Heres a picture of her burrowing(This isnt her usual warm hide. Her other one broke, so I made a makeshift one for her to use until I fix the old one. Shes been happily using her new one for about a week.) Is this a normal behavior? Or should I look a little bit more in depth at her husbandry. Normally after a meal she doesnt really want to be out and about, but then again she is a very bold snake. Not very fearful at all.
She was only burrowing for a few minutes and was very active and flicking her tongue as she did so. I just checked back on her and she at some point went back to her warm hide.
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