Hi,

I have a BP that's probably about 2-3y/o (I've had him for 1.5 years, and he was a rescue. I've already been through a full cycle of the seasons with him, so I thought I was pretty well versed on different behaviour, during different times of the year, but he's thrown me for a loop, the last couple of months. He's been ridiculously active, like only staying in his hide when he's sleeping. He's always moving around, and if he is in his hide, and he sees me, he'll come out. I know they get restless when they're hunting, but he's increased his eating. He's eating medium rats, one every 2 weeks (he was going about 4 weeks during the warm weather, and 8 in winter), and I handle him at least once a week. I fed him two weeks ago, and he took a day to process the rat, and then went right back to roaming around. He's in a 20 long, with two lamps, 60% humidity, and mid-80's temp.


He's happy and healthy otherwise, just really active. Also, he may be a she (the store said the guy who dropped him off said he was male, but he's about 3.5 feet, and growing), so could it be that she's in heat? Do you guys think I should be concerned, or is this pretty normal for heading into Fall weather?