Night crawler

Hey I am kind of new to this whole ball python thing so I was wondering if it is normal fr my ball python to be crawling around all night and poking at the lid like its trying to escape?

I got her(i am actually unsure of the sex) around 5 weeks ago and this whole crawling all over the place and poking at the lid just started a week ago.

It may be hugry.

I was thinking that i am about to go pick up a mouse and see what happens from there. She is still out acting all crazy and its past noon here with all the lights on and she is normally in one of her hides at this time.

could be hungry or it could feel uneasy in its enclosure, make sure you are feeding on a regular schedule and that the temps/humidity levels are correct.

But having them cruise at night is perfectly normal, everynow and then they may spend some daytime hanging out too.

I just picked up mouse and now she is chowing down on that so ill see how that effects her behavior.

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Originally Posted by Welwood

I just picked up mouse and now she is chowing down on that so ill see how that effects her behavior.

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mine always crawls out at dawn...it's just normal behavior...

How old is your BP?

Im not fully sure im going to take it to a repti vet real soon to figure out its age and sex. The guy I got it from said it was 8 months old when I bought it and I got it around 5 weeks ago.

If you're only feeding one prey item weekly I would bump it up to two. If your husbandry is correct then odds are he just may be hungry.

Thanks that sounds like a good idea she next time I feed her ill try two and see if that makes a difference.