Anyone else experience this? Always in cool side hide?

I wouldn't worry about it. He is just using the heat gradiant you provided. Thats why we provide a warm side and a cool side. Its been pretty warm lately. It sounds like you are watching his behavior patterns and thats a good thing. Keep up the good work.

Thanks for all the feedback guys.

I just thought it was odd that he just started doing this in the last two weeks. He is acting all kinds of wierd. Last night he was out roaming the cage from about 7:00 to 10:00. Now he's all curled up in his cool side hide as he has been. I will keep a close eye on him for sure. He's eating every week like a champ so he must be doing OK but anything out of the norm tends to raise red flags in my head.

Thanks again everyone.

Yea I don't like the sound of the roaming either. I think you have good reason to be concerned. I don't mean to say your snake is in trouble but what you describe just doesn't sound like everyday thermoregulating behavior.

Can you think of anything else that has changed?

it's that damn global warming....

Bearheart,

Two weeks ago I replaced his hides with larger identical hides, they're the popular black plastic square ones with the little arched entrance. He outgrew his smaller ones seeing they were sitting on top of him like a beanie. Like I said though the new hides are exactly the same only larger.

One thing I am thinking of as far as the roaming is that last week I fed him a smaller meal than usual because that is all that I had. He has been eating 80g rats and last week I gave him a 40g. That being said I am thinking maybe he has been out roaming the past two evenings because he's hungry and he gets fed on Saturday nights which is tonight. He seems nice and relaxed now with his head poking out of his cool side hide. I am going to ge feed him now and i'll report back with the results. If he doesnt eat that will be a first and i'll know I am dealing with a potential problem.

Thanks again for all the feedback everyone.

Well, he just gulped down two 40g rats and had a nice long drink. I think he was hungry judging by how fast and hard he hit the first rat, much harder and faster than he usually does. I also made a point to observe his mouth when he realigned his jaw and it was nice and pink as normal. Maybe he's going through puberty or something? ;)

Thanks again everyone, if I notice any odd stuff I will be sure to follow up here.

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in the meantime, post some pics :D

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Originally Posted by fishmommy

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in the meantime, post some pics :D

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Hey Fish!

I will let his meal fully digest tonight and i'll take some new pictures tomorrow. You and a few others were a big help for me in the beginning so I owe you atleast a couple pics ;)

Eh, Every time I do daily routine cage maintenance shes always over on her cool side. Not sure why, but I'm just assuming she likes it over there more, she has a warm side if she wishes to go over, which reads at 90-91 degrees regularly, and she eats just fine, I guess she just likes to be cool?

the past couple days my guy has been spending a lot more time on his cold side too, maybe kagez is right, it could be something on a larger scale than we imagine. hahaha just a thought