Hello. Long story short. I have a baby Ball Python now. His names October and he’s a champagne morph. Such a cute little guy. Only about a month (and a half maybe) old
Hes in a 10gal to start, two hides, water bowls and leaf vines suctioned to the top of tank and fall down to the bottom. Has a heating pad underneath, thermostat etc.
When I first put him into his tank he looked around some and went into his warm hide. But after a few hours he came out (still day time) and he climbed up the vines and coiled up on top and just stood there all day. He’d stay here for hours at a time (even stood there all night his first day with me) instead of stay in one of his hides. He loves climbing but I’m not sure if this is normal or not. Here’s a picture.
https://lensdump.com/i/AT2dlF
Here coiled right on top of the vines, right under the mesh lid. (I remove that wire you see in the pic. He kept coiling around it)
also, around 8 pm yesterday my sister grabbed him for a bit while I fixed something in his tank. After she put him in. He immediately went to the top of the vines. Soon after he finally went into his warm hide and stood there until 12 am when I shut the lights off. Then I saw him coming out. Sniffing around. But he climbed right back up the vines. He did slither between them from warm to cool side and poked his head out exploring but never got on the ground to explore. He stood in the vines.
Around 3 am last night as I went to use the bathroom I saw him in this position.
https://lensdump.com/i/AT2qb3
(Those wires are outside tank**)
now it is about 9 am and he is STILL in this position.
Is he ok?? This doesn’t seem normal to me. He IS still adjusting and it’s only his 3rd day with me but his behavior seems unusual.
he hasn’t been fed bc I want him to adjust and I hear it’s best to wait 5-7 days.
Is my little baby ok??
Reply With Quote