Re: do ball pythons dig/burrow.
My BP always digs under his water dish and creates a big enoungh space for him to coil under it. I use coconut bark as a substrate though, which might be different than others.
Re: do ball pythons dig/burrow.
the snake hiding underneath the waterbowl *COULD* be a sign of non-suffficient hides. are your hides tight fitting, and do you have one on each temperature gradient?
Re: do ball pythons dig/burrow.
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Originally Posted by OSU_Snake keeper
My BP always digs under his water dish and creates a big enoungh space for him to coil under it. I use coconut bark as a substrate though, which might be different than others.
Yes...there's just a huge difference between pushing some lose substrate out from under an object, and digging tunnels in hard-packed earth. In the wild, it would be the equivelant of pushing through some leaf-litter and dried grass to get under an old log or something. That's not "digging a burrow."
Re: do ball pythons dig/burrow.
snakes lack the proper tools for burrowing, such as shovels, wheelbarrel, pick ax, etc etc. JK!!
~mike
Re: do ball pythons dig/burrow.
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Originally Posted by wildlifewarrior
snakes lack the proper tools for burrowing, such as shovels, wheelbarrel, pick ax, etc etc. JK!!
in a sense you're right. snakes dont have claws or paws, etc.(=tools) to make a burrow.
Re: do ball pythons dig/burrow.
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Originally Posted by mr~python
the snake hiding underneath the waterbowl *COULD* be a sign of non-suffficient hides. are your hides tight fitting, and do you have one on each temperature gradient?
Yeah I should add another one, but I'll have to get a bigger habitat first to fit one in.
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Originally Posted by mr~python
in a sense you're right. snakes dont have claws or paws, etc.(=tools) to make a burrow.
thats what i was hinting at, but wanted people to figure it out by themseleves. I wanted people to have an appifany!
~mike
Re: do ball pythons dig/burrow.
When mine was yuonger and I used like 3inches of bedding then... he would make himself go under the bedding. So cute:P But then I believe he wasnt warm enough because the bedding was 3inches thick. So now its only 1inch thick and well he still pushes out bedding and tries to get as close to the UTH as possible (at night):D
Re: do ball pythons dig/burrow.
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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki
I could also show you websites that say you should feed ball pythons crickets ... get a clue.
-adam
Why are you always such an ass to me? Did I offend you in some way?
Show me this care sheet that says feed ball python's crickets! And, show me evidence that ball pythons DON'T burrow, again, how hard can it be? It took me 2 min. to find sites that say ball python's burrow. The only one against it is your comment that they don't. :rolleyes: So why don't you get a clue, and show me the sites that say they don't burrow any MAYBE I'll believe you. You may have 25 + years experience with ball pyhons, but that doesn't mean that I don't know what I am talking about... :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
Re: do ball pythons dig/burrow.
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Originally Posted by MontyNSpike
Why are you always such an ass to me? Did I offend you in some way?
Show me this care sheet that says feed ball python's crickets! And, show me evidence that ball pythons DON'T burrow, again, how hard can it be? It took me 2 min. to find sites that say ball python's burrow. The only one against it is your comment that they don't. :rolleyes: So why don't you get a clue, and show me the sites that say they don't burrow any MAYBE I'll believe you. You may have 25 + years experience with ball pyhons, but that doesn't mean that I don't know what I am talking about... :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
No one is trying to be an ass to you......everything is up to interpetation on online forums.....I could take some of your posts as being rude if I really looked into it.....No worries.....don't take things so personal.... :) :)
What Adam was refering to was the lack of credibility of any of the sites you listed......do you know where those sites got their information?...If not, from an academic point of view....they are worthless sources.... how do you know that these people are giving you the proper information?... Adam did a good job of establishing his credibility then posted his observations and thoughts....that makes him a much better source.
Instead of showing some random website that suggests that ball pythons burrow, find a scientific journal article or documented field observation. I have several on my computer at home that I will read through again when I get home just to see what they have to say on this issues.......then I will post the name of the article here so you can hunt it down ;)
