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Weird Zig Zag formation

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  • 04-20-2022, 04:33 PM
    jillianwaechter
    Weird Zig Zag formation
    I recently rescued a ball python from a bad situation, I've had him for a month now and the other day he made a weird zig zag shape with his body. Has anyone else experienced this?

    For some reason I can't add a picture
  • 04-20-2022, 04:36 PM
    Homebody
    Re: Weird Zig Zag formation
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by jillianwaechter View Post
    For some reason I can't add a picture

    This thread explains how to post pictures: https://ball-pythons.net/forums/show...-Post-Pictures.
  • 04-20-2022, 05:05 PM
    jillianwaechter
    Re: Weird Zig Zag formation
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by jillianwaechter View Post
    I recently rescued a ball python from a bad situation, I've had him for a month now and the other day he made a weird zig zag shape with his body. Has anyone else experienced this?

    For some reason I can't add a picture

    Here's the photohttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...533fd74692.jpg

    Sent from my SM-A505W using Tapatalk
  • 04-20-2022, 05:11 PM
    Bogertophis
    Nice looking BP, & his posture is very normal for a snake. ;)
  • 04-20-2022, 08:35 PM
    Charles8088
    Re: Weird Zig Zag formation
    He's flaunting his ball python-ess.
    :)

    Looks good to me... but I am far from an expert. That's nothing that would alarm me.
  • 04-21-2022, 01:14 AM
    Luvyna
    That is a very normal posture! Snakes adopt that posture when moving in a narrow space and it is a well-recognized form of snake locomotion called the "concertina motion". The snake at the top in this video is using the concertina motion:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9y-C7LDpq0
  • 04-21-2022, 10:28 AM
    Bogertophis
    @jillianwaechter- Snakes actually have different ways of moving forward & the "concertina" motion is just one of them....see why we love snakes? :D
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