Say Hi To Monty!

Good morning all, so no change to Monty's status overnight. He pokes his head out of the middle hide every now and again but does not move much so far. There were no signs of him moving overnight. I have purposely left the thermometers in areas that he will knock them over.

So my question is. Is this normal? Remember, I have only had him since Saturday and he was fed in the store that morning.

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yes. totally normal

Should I expect him to start moving around a bit more? If so what's the norm?

Every snake is different. As a new owner you will have to just learn your animal’s habits and over time you will be able to identify what is healthy behavior. Example: "ball pythons are nocturnal so if you see them out and about during the day something is wrong." As a new snake owner someone might read this...see their snake out during the day and jump to crazy conclusions that something is seriously wrong with their pet when in actuality the snake is fine and just happens to be out moving from the cool to warm side. It will take time for you to learn and seeking out information is a great tool…just be careful not to get stressed over nothing.

Your snake has a new home so he explored the first night. Now that he’s got some of that out of his system he took the night off to relax and feel safe in a new home, perfectly normal. Continue to observe as you are doing, keep the husbandry on point and you will be a great snake owner.

Really great thing you did by adopting the animal also!!

Allthat!! Thank you so much for that reply. That has really put my mind at rest :) Thank you!

Well he is having a good old roam around tonight. I turned the LED off when I got home from work and 2 hours later, just with the ambient light in the basement he was out and about. Currently sitting right at the front of the tank sniffing (i guess) at the air coming in where the glass doors overlap. He is a very handsome chap. I have not got him out to handle him yet. I wanted to leave it a week.

My plan is to feed him this coming Saturday? That will be 6 days after his last feed. Then I will leave him for a couple of days then try and handle him. Sound like a plan? Let me now if I am going to fast/slow!

you are a patient man Shaggy lol. That sounds like a perfect plan (i would not have been able to take it...would have handled him by now haha). glad the response helped and feel free to let us know how feeding day goes :D

good to hear Shaggy! sounds like you're doing a fine job. :gj:

you might see more roaming/hunting as u get closer to feed day.

post more pix when u can.

When I went down this morning to turn the light on he was sitting with his head out of the hide and he had been out overnight. I changed the left hand log hide to a more enclosed home.

Thank you all for the encouragement!

Soooo Tempted to handle him tonight. But I come this far, so I am doing this by the book!! Its almost like he was begging to come out :) iphone photos, sorry for quality.

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