Daytime Roaming = Prowling for Food?

Hide may be an issue too. Need something a little more secure, look on RBI's website, their hides are real nice and secure. I also agree with covering the sides and back, may also need to "clutter up" the tank a little to help with security.

Hello again, thanks for all your suggestions. I definitely will cover the sides and get a second hide small enough to fit.

We've had a medium mouse (14g) thawing these past few hours. I was planning to feed snakey tomorrow, but bumped it up to today because of the roaming. Sure enough, it struck instantly and happily gobbled it down. It last ate 2 days ago, also a medium mouse.

Snakes don't eat when they're stressed, right? So this is a good sign, I'm assuming. Hopefully now it's full and can go back to being a happy, hiding BP.

::::insert smiley of snake contentedly burping:::: :D

Wow...more food. He needs bigger prey than medium mice. Feed him something slightly bigger than the largest part of his body. Looking at your pic he should be eating adult mice easily, maybe even weaned rats.

A quick update: Ever since that last meal 48 hours ago, he's been a happy, hiding, digesting BP in his warm hide. He came out around midnight last night for some nighttime roaming, but by this morning he was back in his hide.

I'm hoping hunger was all that was going on that day. That was my "mama" gut feeling. However, I have also since bought 2 identical hides and foam poster board to cover up the sides with. :)

Now the pendulum has swung the other way. Ever since Patriot went back into her hide after that meal last Monday, I've seen her come out only once on her own. Her eyes are blue/opaque and we're waiting for our first shed. :)

I've since taken her out to weigh and feed her (gobbled it down), but other than that, she's been the happy-hiding BP.

It seems like if all else is good, a thin BP roaming in the daytime could simply be looking for its next meal. :snake:

Conrats on the feeding and shed, most bp's are very shy during there shed and you usually dont see them very much. I wouldnt be suprised if the daytime roaming became an issue again after he sheds.