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  • 06-29-2007, 07:43 PM
    Rapture
    Re: How can a cage be too big???
    About "balling up:" I would actually be more concerned about my ball python if, instead of balling up, it raced through my hands wildly, sat completely still, or hung limp-like. To me, there's nothing wrong with a ball python that balls up when first picked up, and gradually reveals itself when it feels safe.
  • 06-29-2007, 08:04 PM
    Ginevive
    Re: How can a cage be too big???
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Rapture
    About "balling up:" I would actually be more concerned about my ball python if, instead of balling up, it raced through my hands wildly, sat completely still, or hung limp-like. To me, there's nothing wrong with a ball python that balls up when first picked up, and gradually reveals itself when it feels safe.

    Exactly.
  • 06-29-2007, 08:06 PM
    jglass38
    Re: How can a cage be too big???
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by SarahMB

    I think we all know that isn't one of my talents :rolleyes:

    WHAT!? :D

    I keed!!
  • 06-29-2007, 08:20 PM
    Rapture
    Re: How can a cage be too big???
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Ginevive
    Exactly.

    (Off topic)

    Gin, I really like your new avatar!
  • 06-29-2007, 08:30 PM
    MeMe
    Re: How can a cage be too big???
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Rapture
    Gin, I really like your new avatar!

    me too!

    :gj:

    very cool!
  • 06-29-2007, 09:03 PM
    SarahMB
    Re: How can a cage be too big???
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by jglass38
    WHAT!? :D

    I keed!!

    I know, I know...I'm working on it! :)
  • 06-29-2007, 09:05 PM
    jglass38
    Re: How can a cage be too big???
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by SarahMB
    I know, I know...I'm working on it! :)

    Hopefully not on my account. I dig it! :rockon:
  • 06-29-2007, 09:46 PM
    Ginevive
    Re: How can a cage be too big???
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Rapture
    (Off topic)

    Gin, I really like your new avatar!

    Thanks! I made it 100% using Microsoft Paint :) I have to get creative, since Photoshop is not working since our computer crashed. I can use PS at my mom's but I only go there once in a blue moon.
  • 06-29-2007, 10:21 PM
    moespeaking
    Re: How can a cage be too big???
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Rapture
    IMO as long as they aren't stressed, eating regularly, and healthy, they can be housed in as large of an enclosure as you wish. You must be knowlegeable enough to be able to recognize signs of a stressed or ill snake. You also must be able to clean and sanitize the enclosure regularly, and provide the right thermal gradient.


    What he said I say we leave it at this.
  • 06-29-2007, 10:23 PM
    bearhart
    Re: How can a cage be too big???
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Rapture
    About "balling up:" I would actually be more concerned about my ball python if, instead of balling up, it raced through my hands wildly, sat completely still, or hung limp-like. To me, there's nothing wrong with a ball python that balls up when first picked up, and gradually reveals itself when it feels safe.

    Hmmm...

    See now I have always interpreted the racing or flopping to be a sign that my BP is not happy or does not want to be handled. I keep handling to a minimum when I get that signal. But, I have always taken a good long period of relaxed stillness to be a good sign. Often times he will sort of wrap around my hand and perch, occasionally changing his view. Also, at these times he seems to like a light stroking on the side of his neck.

    Snakey rarely balls up and I have a hard time believing that that's not a good sign. Maybe it doesn't mean he's OK with everything but it is a defensive measure.
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