Does any of your bp crazy active?

Im here again with this banana guy. He is super super super active, no joke. Always pushing around lid, water bowl flips, paper towel gets wet and have to change again and again. Husbandry, hot 88-90 cold78-80 humidity 60 2 hides. Husbandry is not a problem. Hungerness: no fed one day ago, still super active. He wasn’t really this active before to the point where water spills all over but now he does. He ate f/t too for the first time but still super active. Anyone got super active ball like mine? Not a hungerness, not a husbandry issue, don’t think it is health issue since he ate(even changed to f/t for the first time)


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Mine will be in their hide all day, but then come out for a rave at night. I wake up to bedding in the water, tipped over plastic tree, and the hide is shifted a few inches.

Your little guy might just be having his rave during the day

Is he new? How long have you had him? Moving around at night is okay but acting like this in the day could mean he's stressed. Being active is normal for a new bp (both of mine did at first), but for a snake youve had for a while that could be bad. Can you tell us how youre measuring temps/humididty? Are hides appropriate size? A pic of the setup might be helpful.

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How much does the snake weigh? What size prey are you feeding and how often?

Assuming husbandry is on point he may be hungry still

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Originally Posted by craigafrechette

How much does the snake weigh? What size prey are you feeding and how often?

Assuming husbandry is on point he may be hungry still

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He is at 170g and on small mouse. Did every 5days but regurged months ago so he is on 7 day schedule. Should I size up to medium ?


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Originally Posted by gusanr14

He is at 170g and on small mouse. Did every 5days but regurged months ago so he is on 7 day schedule. Should I size up to medium ?


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What do the small mice weigh? I'm guessing he can move up to larges at that size.
He's most likely roaming because he's hungry

I think he's most likely hungry too, but have you ever had his stool checked? He could have internal parasites with whom he's sharing his meals. Take a stool sample to your vet to make sure. If there's a problem, that could cause either hunger or internal discomfort that would result in his constant activity.

When he regurged, I believe that was just because his meals were way too close together (@ 5 days). Young snakes are mostly fed weekly, then gradually lengthen the time between feedings as the size of the prey taken is increased.

Out of my ~ 50 snakes I have a few ball pythons that are much more active than most. I have a big female that has always been a mover, she did fine this season, laid a big clutch of eggs and was moving a lot before and after laying. I also have a couple males that tend to want to get out of the tubs. I think it just depends on their personality, perhaps someone had them out of their enclosure a lot when they were younger and they are used to being out and about. I used to think it was food or that they just wanted to get out and find a mate or maybe they were sick, but it seems to me like it's just their own unique personality. I check tubs twice a day and with these snakes I'll pick them up and hold them for a bit, seems to be what they really want.

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Originally Posted by gusanr14

Im here again with this banana guy. He is super super super active, no joke. Always pushing around lid, water bowl flips, paper towel gets wet and have to change again and again. Husbandry, hot 88-90 cold78-80 humidity 60 2 hides. Husbandry is not a problem. Hungerness: no fed one day ago, still super active. He wasn’t really this active before to the point where water spills all over but now he does. He ate f/t too for the first time but still super active. Anyone got super active ball like mine? Not a hungerness, not a husbandry issue, don’t think it is health issue since he ate(even changed to f/t for the first time)


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Try putting some branches in with them - they will spend ages in the evening climbing ...



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