Strange Behavior

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Originally Posted by humpee316

Thank you for responding...Tank temp is around 84 to 86 degrees humidity is between 50 and 60 ..daytime and 76 to 80 degrees and around 60 percent at night....also fed her this past tuesday...she shouldnt be hungry...should she?

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Your temperatures are not correct.
Daytime and night time should be the same, or maybe a drop of 1-2 degrees. Hot side should be 90-92, cool side should be 74-84.
Check the care-sheet again, and try to get those temps up, should fix your problem.:)

That sounds about right.unfortunately so many BP owners with varying opinions about BP care.just trying to find some middleground.Everybody has been so helpful.should i have two temp/humidity gauges in both ends of her tank.that way i can monitor them better?also i have made her a new hide out of a tupperware bowl and for the first time in almost a week she went right in and seems to be happy.maybe old one was smallish and didnt make her feel safe..trial and error i guess.we were all new at this one time or another

what would i be looking for and what do they look like?

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Originally Posted by humpee316

That sounds about right.unfortunately so many BP owners with varying opinions about BP care.just trying to find some middleground.Everybody has been so helpful.should i have two temp/humidity gauges in both ends of her tank.that way i can monitor them better?also i have made her a new hide out of a tupperware bowl and for the first time in almost a week she went right in and seems to be happy.maybe old one was smallish and didnt make her feel safe..trial and error i guess.we were all new at this one time or another

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Yes, I think two probes should be used to monitor temperature. Not gauges, they are inaccurate at best, harmful at worst.
Thermostats with probes and a thermometer with a probe (or a temp gun) are recommended for keeping proper temperatures.:) I recommend herpstats.

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Originally Posted by cordell

Mine roams and hangs out of the hide when she is hungry.

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i second this! all my 3 bps do this all the time (when hungry)

mites will look like Lil specks that move check under it's mouth is how i usually spot them in-between the scales you will see what looks kind of like a grain of sand.
sometimes you will see them crawling around on the snakes could be anywhere from head to tail

but like i said 9 out of 10 times if you got mite you can see them very easy under there chin in the skin fold right in the middle of there chin

a not realy a sure sign but a way that will help you to rember to check for mites is if the snake always seems to lay in the water bowl even after shedding. by this i mean it shed lets say last Tuesday but is still laying in the water bowl i'd check for mites and ticks. but since you didn't say anything about yours soaking all the time i'd say it is just hungry.

or could even be you just cleaned the cage in the last few days before it started roaming but my money is on hungry

No offense taken...Im new at this and i value all of you guys as guides to taking optimim care of my girl..Good news she made short work of a mouse tonight and seems quite content right now...looking forward to picking your brains in the future...thanx for everything

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Originally Posted by mpkeelee

ur snake is prolly hungry. with the smaller ones its good to feed every 5 days.

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im glad she ate, just try and keep a consistant schedule and keep ur husbandry up to par and u shoud be fine :gj: