Hi everyone,

I'm new to this forum and a new ball python owner. William is overall quite an active snake. Lately he's been on the move casing his 10 gallon terrarium. Should I be worried about him being too active?

Here are a few details about William: he is 5 months old, just under 2ft long, very friendly and relaxed when held and seems to have a great temperament.

A few details about his environment: the tank has a hide on the hot side (90F in the hide) and one on the cold side (75F) and a climbing branch. The ambient temp is btwn 80 - 85F during the day. I have an under heating pad that covers about 1/3 of the tank on the hot side as well as an over head heat lamp on the outside of the tank, which is on a timer and a night heat lamp comes on during the night. In other words I'm pretty OCD about his environment!

His eating: He eats a small frozen mouse once a wk. the mouse is thawed and warmed. So far he has taken his mouse every week with no fuss and seems to be a good eater.

I'm wondering if maybe he is hungry but his activity seems to happen a few days after he's eaten, not just when it's time for his next feed which makes me think it might be something other than hunger.

Bottom line, should I be worried about this overactivity?