How do they know?

[heatherhead42]

I've been thinking... I've read that providing light cycles to BPs is unimportant due to their nocturnal habits. But if they don't have light cycles to tell them, when do they know it's time to be active or when to sleep? Or do they?

Just curious.

[kavmon]

somehow they know! at times i've been working late or doing work in the snake room with the lights on after dark. and they known when the sun goes down, they just know. also pay attention to your snakes activity levels around climate changes like storms and low pressure fronts. they just know!!



vaughn

[Stewart_Reptiles]

I've been thinking... I've read that providing light cycles to BPs is unimportant due to their nocturnal habits. But if they don't have light cycles to tell them, when do they know it's time to be active or when to sleep? Or do they?

Just curious.

The same way you do, you see the sun come up and the sun go down even when you are in your house, so do they. So when the sun comes downs they start to be active

[heatherhead42]

GA_Ball_Pythons--does that mean that if they're in a dark room (such as one perhaps designed specifically to house reptiles, maybe a large warm closet) without regular light cycles natural or otherwise, they *won't* know? It was my understanding that they would even without natural light cues, but I could be wrong.

Interesting about storms and such--I'll have to look for that.

Also interesting, even if they wouldn't be able to tell in a dark room, that they can tell despite lights being on. My mice won't get really active until it's good and dark in their room, no matter how late I might be working in that room with the lights on. But that's not true for pythons, then. Very interesting.

Thanks. I wonder if any research has been done on this? Are they taking their cue from something other than light? What are they sensing? They are such fascinating creatures!

Heather

[Stewart_Reptiles]

GA_Ball_Pythons--does that mean that if they're in a dark room (such as one perhaps designed specifically to house reptiles, maybe a large warm closet) without regular light cycles natural or otherwise, they *won't* know? It was my understanding that they would even without natural light cues, but I could be wrong.

Interesting about storms and such--I'll have to look for that.

Also interesting, even if they wouldn't be able to tell in a dark room, that they can tell despite lights being on. My mice won't get really active until it's good and dark in their room, no matter how late I might be working in that room with the lights on. But that's not true for pythons, then. Very interesting.

Thanks. I wonder if any research has been done on this? Are they taking their cue from something other than light? What are they sensing? They are such fascinating creatures!

Heather

Not sure if researches have been done or not ,I know that mine will get out of their hides when the sun goes down, however if I go in the snake room and turn the light on for a long period of time they will go right back in their hides until I turn the light off again.