Re: Difference between exploring, hunting, and being stressed
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Originally Posted by
JodanOrNoDan
Oh, forgot this one. Pay attention to respiratory rates. A high respiratory rate is a very good indicator of stress.
See I've noticed that sometimes mine does that and it's really noticeable but then other times I have to stare hard to even see the breathing
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Re: Difference between exploring, hunting, and being stressed
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Originally Posted by
WarrThox
Mine also did that all the time even after feeding, only after about 12-24hrs of hiding. I considered my husbandry to be on par following the how to sticky, and feeding every 5 days. Waited about a week before I messed with her. Even after about 4 weeks of she was still constantly probing the top and messing up everything up.
After some digging around and researching on hatchling's weight and size of prey they should be on, I came to the conclusion that she was being underfed with mice fuzzies. So I ordered 50 rat fuzzies, since they are bigger. She took it no problem and dissappeared for 4 days! So I've now got her on 4 day feeding schedule. It's been 3 weeks and she basically hides between meals now.
Yesterday morning was her feed time but I held off for another 24hrs. Last night she was out exploring the top again. The past 3 days she has been bulldozing her tank though.
So I've classified my ball as being hungry when she is exploring the top
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You know that might be it. I feed every 7 (fridays) but I've thought about switching to a shorter time frame in feeding.
With your new schedule are you saying she's hiding a lot more and not coming out rarely at night just to snoop around?
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Re: Difference between exploring, hunting, and being stressed
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Originally Posted by
SaltLife422
You know that might be it. I feed every 7 (fridays) but I've thought about switching to a shorter time frame in feeding.
With your new schedule are you saying she's hiding a lot more and not coming out rarely at night just to snoop around?
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Yes she basically hides between meals
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Re: Difference between exploring, hunting, and being stressed
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Originally Posted by
cletus
Prob a bunch of different answers here. I think the key to figuring it out probably lies in knowing your snake really well and being able to recognize if something isn't quite right.
Also I feel that you have try some of them and wait an see what how they respond to changes. If their active and probing the top for an escape, try bigger prey or less time between feedings until you run out of it and then get bigger prey.
It seems more often than not that hatchlings get started on too little of prey for too long.
Also the key the way I understand it, is that you want the right size prey to only keep feedings at minimum of 5-7 days as long as they take it.