BP acting crazy

The other day my BP started acting weird. He was thrashing his body around knocking over everything in his enclosure. It's like he turned into a monster. Is this an act of stress? If so, why the thrashing of the body?

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What was happening when it started? What was it doing? What did it do after? What did you do?

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Originally Posted by KMG

What was happening when it started? What was it doing? What did it do after? What did you do?

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Well it happened twice. On Saturday my son went into my other son room and said the snake is acting weird. That's when I first so him doing it. I left it alone until tonight. I picked him up because he was acting normal but I could tell something was off. When I went to put him back into his enclosure, he was trying to run out my hands. Once he was back in the tank, he started going nuts again.

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Did you try to pick it up again once it started going crazy? If you didn't, I wonder if it would have stopped.

You got a picture of the cage? Or a description at least.

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Originally Posted by KMG

Did you try to pick it up again once it started going crazy? If you didn't, I wonder if it would have stopped.

You got a picture of the cage? Or a description at least.

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No I didn't, I had to go to work. The last time this happened, I read something that said put a sheet up and cover all sides of the enclosure. After a week he stopped that time. I'm just trying to figure out what triggers it.

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Originally Posted by KMG

Did you try to pick it up again once it started going crazy? If you didn't, I wonder if it would have stopped.

You got a picture of the cage? Or a description at least.

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It's a 40 gallon tank. He's been in it for 4 years now. He's 7 years old and weighs about 1400grams

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That sounds strange and concerning, and honestly I would lean towards a vet visit. If you decide to take him to the vet, I would try to get a video of the thrashing behavior to show them.

Has anything changed in the enclosure recently? I've heard of thrashing motions in bps being associated with high temperature spikes - what are the temperatures in the enclosure?

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Originally Posted by arpowell

I've heard of thrashing motions in bps being associated with high temperature spikes - what are the temperatures in the enclosure?

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Me too, not just BPs either.

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Originally Posted by arpowell

That sounds strange and concerning, and honestly I would lean towards a vet visit. If you decide to take him to the vet, I would try to get a video of the thrashing behavior to show them.

Has anything changed in the enclosure recently? I've heard of thrashing motions in bps being associated with high temperature spikes - what are the temperatures in the enclosure?

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I keep the ambient at 80. The hot side is 91 and cool side fluctuates between 75 and 77.

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Originally Posted by breadpython14

I keep the ambient at 80. The hot side is 91 and cool side fluctuates between 75 and 77.

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The hotspot is a uth it bulb?

You check this with a IR gun?

You could drop the hotspot to 85 to give you more wiggle room on fluctuating temps. I don't have any hotspots higher than that.