Eddie trying to escape

[ThuSandman]

Maybe this is "normal", but I thought I'd ask. Do yours try to find a way out and escape their vivarium? Lately I've noticed Eddie even more active than normal in the evenings. He even moves around a lot more when I get him out than what he use to. He use to just sit there most of the time.

I'm watching him now (about 01:30 here) and he is very active and presses himself up into a corner to gets on top of his hides and then gets his head as far up to the top as possible. Sniffin around the screen areas I left open for ventilation. Below is a pic of what he is doing, from the bottom. When on top of things he does the same, but he can actually get his body/head on the top and sniff around.

Do yours act this way? Is he just more comfortable in his environment now, hence the more activity even when taken out?

[pythontricker]

every damn night! I had to put a bunch of stuff on his tank. luckily when he does get out he goes to the same place. So I can always find him.

[SecurityStacey]

Stan does that too. I work nights so the nights I don't work I'm up and I watch him just pushing and pushing and pushing. I scold him like a dog.... (It doesn' really have much effect on him...)

[Sophiax]

Mine does this too - always trying to sniff the sweet air of freedom. For several hours during active time (dusk to midnight-ish) It doesn't help that one time she actually escaped (I caught her in the act) and seems to remember how she did it the first time, and so keeps trying.

I noticed something about your enclosure though - it looks like you have Fluker's thermometer/hygro? I had the same ones at first and recently replaced with a digital - the dial had been off by a full ten degrees. Pretty shocking. So if your Eddie's trying to escape all the time, it might be a temperature problem? Maybe you're double-checking temps with something else though, and he's just being a curious python They always sense the most promising avenue of escape!

[ThuSandman]

Yea, I've just never taken those down. I have two digitals, one on each side. You can see one in the top right of the pic (yellow). Recently got a laser one so I can check all over the place ( I love gadgets ). Thanks though! I always welcome observations and suggestions!

[chetman7]

mine does this very often, hes only successfully escaped twice.
first time he didn'y get too far.

but the second time, i went away for the weekend and came back home to him missing....eventually found him wrapped around the warm motor of my mini fridge, i had to unscrew the whole motor out in order to get him out