Why does my Ball Python do this in her tank?

My ball python is always sticking her head up and being still. If she's not doing this, she just sticks her head out of her hide a bit! Is this normal?https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net..._7606306_n.jpg

Hahah looks so funny! The sticking the head out of the hide is normal. Listen to her while she is sticking her head in the air like that. Report back with what u hear

She's just periscoping, perfectly normal :)

Do you have a substrate? It looks to me like she is just on the glass.

That's hysterical. I love periscopers. They're usually extra-friendly, too.

Get her a climbing stick, see if she goes for it. And yes, if that's bare glass she's sitting on, you probably want at least paper towels as substrate.

Mine does that too sometimes. I think he likes to look at the tv haha. I put a branch in his cage and he usually rests on it and watches whats going one.

Thanks everyone! By the way NO she is not on bare glass. She has quite a bit of coco-fibre in her tank. I tried listening to her breathing but didn't hear anything. She does this all the time!

One of mine does that too. It's always pretty funny to watch.

I have one that "periscopes" constantly to try and watch TV and another that sticks her head out of the hide whenever someone walks by.

i love it when BPs do that... they look cute

My BP has also done that too, seems perfectly normal.

I call it her "cobra impression" :D

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Originally Posted by musclebabe

I call it her "cobra impression" :D

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That is hilarious, DH and I call it that too!!

i wish mine did that, he never comes out of that damn hide! Only time i saw him do that was when i got a new digital thermo stickied on the glass of the tank, he came out stared at it like that for like 5 minutes, checked it out then went back into hiding, and that was that.

I was totally thinking 'wishes she was a cobra' too :P

Mine has been doing this too! :)