acting very weird still

no problem. just make sure he goes in his hide n gets some sleep. after a few days try feeding

Hi,

When you changed the substrate it probably did stress him out a bit so he is now going through the whole "explore and escape" routine they do when you put them in a new enclosure.

I have seen a snake be in the same tank all its life and suddenly do this when the tank was moved to a different room with no other changes.

As to the screen top I would sew a patch over the hole - I tend to use thin wire for this.

Tape and snakes is a horrible combination ( especially with a snake that is exploring and testing the cage ) so I would replace/ repair it as soon as you can before the worst happens.


dr del

Last weekend when I cleaned out my little BEL's enclosure, I added a log since she's a baby and the cage is 24" wide. I figured I'd add a little 'clutter' and perhaps something she'd find interesting. Result was, she freaked. For 2 days she cruised the cage, head up at the top and wouldn't settle down. I gave up and took it out. She went into her warm hide and has been calm as can be ever since. Some just don't take to any changes to their enviornment.

I also changed out my little axanthic's hides since he had outgrown his small ones. He inspected them and slithered right into the warm one and is happy as a clam. He had gone into a tizzy when we added aspen to his eclosure previously so we were expecting more of same. Nope. They certainly can be unpredictable creatures!

I am sure your guy will fall right back into his routine you put things back to his view of "normal."