Why is he doing this?

I had two of my snakes out last night an decided to take some pics. As i was doing so my mojave started to "stand up" and stayed like that for about a minute. Just wanted to know what he was doing or what it means. http://i1324.photobucket.com/albums/...ps297d6d92.jpghttp://i1324.photobucket.com/albums/...ps51e8cf8d.jpghttp://i1324.photobucket.com/albums/...ps45995a31.jpg

It's called periscoping :D and they do it when they feel like being extra cute!

He's fine. snakes are just weird like that.

He is just checking things out. Perfectly normal.

When you're that low to the ground, you gotta get up higher to check things out. He was just scoping (see what I did there) out his surroundings

Ok cool. My mojave is the oddball of the 3 i have. It seems like he acts so different than my other two.

There's a thread full of those pics.. I caught mine doing it last night for the first time.. Makes me want to giver more height in her cage

Never thought of that. Could he want a taller tub? Out of the 3 he is the most active. He is the one i catch moving around the most.

Curiosity is supposed to be a sign of intelligence. Maybe he's the smart one of the group.

I just think it's the cutest thing when they periscope :P so curious! heeheehee

They do it when they become confused as too what kind of snake they really are. He just thought he was a Cobra for a minute ;)