Climbing alot?

My baby BP has been climbing up the corners of this 20 gal tank none stop for about two hours a day now and he has been doing it ever since i got him 2 weeks ago, is this a sign of something bad? because from what i've heard BP's dont like to climb alot.

Make sure the enclosure isn't too large, if he is a juvenile ball python, a 20 gallon tank is really big. Also make sure you have some nice small hides in there for him. Climbing and being active at night is fine, but all during the day, it's a little bit different.

Can you show us some pictures of the enclosure and how it's heated?

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Originally Posted by steveboos

Make sure the enclosure isn't too large, if he is a juvenile ball python, a 20 gallon tank is really big. Also make sure you have some nice small hides in there for him. Climbing and being active at night is fine, but all during the day, it's a little bit different.

Can you show us some pictures of the enclosure and how it's heated?

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Ok.

yea ill take some right now.

here is a photo of the tank
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/i...XxX/cam011.jpg
temps and humidity are doing good to so it cant be that..
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/i...XxX/cam022.jpg

For heat as you can see I use a heat bulb, its 75 watt but I also use a UTH.

Well the setup looks good, but the tank is quite large, see if you can put a good amount of branches or fake plants in the tank to both make it look better and to clutter up the tank. Come on man, a new background would be $6 at petsmart, get nice looking one!!! Tank looks good, but just clutter it up a good bit.

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Originally Posted by steveboos

Well the setup looks good, but the tank is quite large, see if you can put a good amount of branches or fake plants in the tank to both make it look better and to clutter up the tank. Come on man, a new background would be $6 at petsmart, get nice looking one!!! Tank looks good, but just clutter it up a good bit.

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Im prob just gonna put him in the tub I have but I need to get a thermostat first, and the wall paper was nice at one point untill I was putting it around a smaller tank that he was going into and the tank broke so I had to put it back on like that :P

Yeah just setup yours real simple so everything will be easy to check and clean out. This is my quarantine setup, real simple and easy to check.

Ranco Thermostat $58 wired myself.
Tub $4
11" Wide Flexwatt in 1 foot increments $5
Water Bowl and Hide $10
$77 for everything!!!!

http://i860.photobucket.com/albums/a...-02_001619.jpg

OP Is your snake feeding?

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Originally Posted by iCandiBallPythons

OP Is your snake feeding?

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Feeding? do you mean Eating?

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Originally Posted by lyoto

Feeding? do you mean Eating?

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yup

I'd agree with steveboos it needs more clutter. If your ball is eating the climbing isn't really a sign of much more that your ball likes to climb. Not all will climb but some do, it can be a sign of problems but isn't ALWAYS a sign of problems. Climbing a lot (generally more than you said yours does) AND not eating is usually means there is an issue, regular eating and a bit of climbing/exploring is fairly normal.

My snake up until recently was climbing a lot, constantly up the sides of his 10 gallon tank, over the branch and plants we have in there, etc. He hadn't eaten in a few weeks because he wouldn't take f/t. We fed him Tuesday night and he's just relaxed since then. He's sprawled out on his branch a few times but no serious climbing. I think he was trying to find a way out to find something hot to get in his belly.

My baby girl climbs constantly but has had no issues feeding, I think she just likes to explore.

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yup

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He ate today and it went great no problems or anything but my humidity is going down, i hope he wont get stressed if I do a few things to the tank after he eats.