Is this normal?

For my ball python to keep trying to get out his tank constantly?! everytime i look at him he is pushing up against the top!?

sounds like your bp is stressed, might want to post pics of your setup and or describe it at least.

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Originally Posted by Rogerbean101

For my ball python to keep trying to get out his tank constantly?! everytime i look at him he is pushing up against the top!?

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if activity is constant rather than just at night and the occasional daytime movement, you may need to rethink a few things. what's the temp/humidity? what's your setup like for him/her in general?

What is your set up rundown?

Do you have a under tank heater? Is your BP soaking? Maybe you have it set to hot? I would agree if your able to send pics this would help. Or some more info at least.
Kinda hard to say if you just have a very very active BP or there might be something stressing it out.

Pics would help if its all the time my be stressed is your ball eating thats the main thing etc

Thanx! but the humidity is fine and the temps are fine but heres my set-up i think this might be the cause

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/9408/imag0020u.jpg

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Originally Posted by Rogerbean101

Thanx! but the humidity is fine and the temps are fine but heres my set-up i think this might be the cause

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Just saying that your temp and humidity is fine isn't answering the questions that are being asked to try to help you out.

WHAT are your temps on the warm side and cool side? WHAT is your humidity?

What are you using to measure both temp and humidity.

Something is stressing out your snake, the members here are simply trying to figure out what that is by asking you direct questions.

I can't really see the left side of the tank but it looks like the tank is too big, not enough hide boxes and/or they are too big. i don't see a thermometer/hygrometer. the sticky thermometer on the bottom right is not good quality. We need to know the actual temps and humidity but i would definitly move him to a 10 gallon tank, keep his warm side between 88-92 and cool side at 78-82 with a humidity of 50-60 with 2 identical small hides at each end, also get a digital thermometer/hygrometer with probe to make sure your temps are where they need to be. Let him be for atleast a week. hope this helps.

One of my snakes is about that size, I have 2 of the exo-terra medium caves. Have 1/3 of the cage filled with random stuff (fake plants, wadded up newspaper) to block it off cause he's in a 29gal tank. Have the hides and a dish of water on the other side, I think your hide is too large, can't see the other one.

You should put some more stuff in that tank, a water bowl, more plants, smaller hides, make him feel secure

its dark in your room.. is it suppose to be night time? if it is then why do you have a day light on him at night? my snake is always up n about during the night.. if he isnt i get worried lol like when i had a lil mite issue and he got bloated he wasnt active at all so i knew he wasnt happy took the mites away next day he was good oll izzy again. but yeah at night time you def going to have an active snake.. during the day you probs will never see him/her

i just made my snake a hide outa a gallon milk jug... was to big so he just cruised on out into his smaller one... guess hes the picky type and wants me to buy the spendy hide :( next hes gonna want some bling :P

def get a digi thermometer with a probe alot better then what u using now. they sell weather ones at lowes for 21 measures humidity and temp on the probe and also says the temp around the box so u no ur room temp to lol

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Originally Posted by tizzle89

its dark in your room.. is it suppose to be night time? if it is then why do you have a day light on him at night?

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That's a good point. Switch to a red or blue bulb.

Thanx for all da replys!! but there are two hides on each side of da tank the water bowl is behind da "tree" so u cant really see it and da temps on da "hot side" are in da 89 range and da cool side is bout 74-76 is dat cool enough?..yea i do need fake plants but cant seem to find any dat are small enough for da tank

How is the traffic in the room he's in? Alot, little, every now-n-then, etc...

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Originally Posted by Elise.m

How is the traffic in the room he's in? Alot, little, every now-n-then, etc...

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well its my room so im and out alot kinda not really

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Originally Posted by Rogerbean101

da temps on da "hot side" are in da 89 range and da cool side is bout 74-76 is dat cool enough?..

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IMO, i think you can bump up the temps a little, hot side 88*-92* and cool side 78*-82*.

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Originally Posted by jben

IMO, i think you can bump up the temps a little, hot side 88*-92* and cool side 78*-82*.

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Hmmm kk will do! lol :-) any1 kno where i can get small plants cuz icant seem to find any lol and if i was to get live ones should i keep it in da lil tray thing?

I personally wouldn't recommend live ones. It makes the tank a bit harder to keep clean.

You could get great fake ones at Big Lots. I got mine there and love them. They also have some at Wal-Mart. I personally like the Big Lots one better.

Here's a picture of what mine look like.
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...s/100_1503.jpg

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Originally Posted by Elise.m

I personally wouldn't recommend live ones. It makes the tank a bit harder to keep clean.

You could get great fake ones at Big Lots. I got mine there and love them. They also have some at Wal-Mart. I personally like the Big Lots one better.

Here's a picture of what mine look like.
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...s/100_1503.jpg

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so ya wouldnt recomend this? like its da other half of my tank??

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/8440/imag0058y.jpg

How much are you feeding him? He could be lookin for a meal.

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Originally Posted by Hulihzack

How much are you feeding him? He could be lookin for a meal.

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he actually stop eating two weeks ago then tried feeding him a week later and still nothing im gonna try to feed him again tomorrow