Scared?

She finally shed 2 days ago. now shes in her hide and doesn't come out at all.
I don't see her come out for water or to climb around or go near the warm side of the tank.
shes in her hide and doesn't come out. I can pick her up out the hide and handle her no problem.
when shes out the tank in my hands shes active. But not inside the tank. I have no idea why.

Mine is like that too. I've been told as long as they're eating, and seem to be okay, just let them do their thing. I think it's pretty normal for them to just hang out in their hide.

BP are nocturnal and will spend a majority of there time inside their hides. They love small spaces it makes them feel secure.
This is perfectly normal. I catch my guy out once in a blue moon.

BP's like to hide. it's what they do. they hide underground in the wild.

my only question would be regarding your temps. what are your temps? specifically for your hot hide/warm side? if it's too hot, she might not use it. the same if it's too cold. or is there no difference between the hot and cold sides/hides?

BPs are shy animals and they like to stay in their tight spaces. I have some snakes that rarely move out of one section of their tub or tank at all except for feeding and shedding. Some others seem to like to roam around more but usually ball back up in their normal spots. My bp chaos is so lazy he finds a way to shed underneath and beside his hide. The only time you see him out is when he knows its eating day lol. I swear he can smell the rats when I pull up in the driveway on Thursdays lol. Actually my cornsnake, aptly named Mouse, is like that also.

That's exactly how she shed. She was in her hide and didn't come out and when I went to lift the hide to take her out ther was a whole skin body under her.

Right now I got 80 degrees on warm side and about 70 on the cold side. the humidity was at 80 but I dropped it down to 65 cause her sheddin just finished.

Your husbandry needs tweaking. Hot side should be around 90 and the cool side should be 80. 80% humidity is too high as well. Aim for 45%-65%, and be on the higher side during shedding. I'm willing to be you'll see a huge change in behavior after you do that.

Dave

thanks a lot ill switch it up.

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Originally Posted by AKA Dave

Your husbandry needs tweaking. Hot side should be around 90 and the cool side should be 80. 80% humidity is too high as well. Aim for 45%-65%, and be on the higher side during shedding. I'm willing to be you'll see a huge change in behavior after you do that.

Dave

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+1 yup bump up the heat