Is she moving strangely?

I don't think I've ever seen Donuts move as fast and unpredictably as in this video:

https://vimeo.com/154218784

And this little wobble worried me /:

https://vimeo.com/154218675

Because I'm prone to be a worst case scenarist, my first thought was neuro issues / stargazing. But she only did it once the whole 10 min or so that she was out exploring so hopefully it's nothing concerning...

That all looked pretty normal to me. They look around and move in funny ways sometimes when they are out and about "exploring".

I don't see anything alarming at all, in the second video when your snake it starting to periscope off the front of the box it looks like it may have started to lose its balance for a split second (I think this is the one wobble you were thinking you saw) .... Doughnuts is a black pastel yes??

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Originally Posted by T_Sauer

I don't see anything alarming at all, in the second video when your snake it starting to periscope off the front of the box it looks like it may have started to lose its balance for a split second (I think this is the one wobble you were thinking you saw) .... Doughnuts is a black pastel yes??

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Okay, I watched the second one over again and I think you're right, like maybe putting her head up like that was her way of correcting her balance on that flimsy box. The first video still seems kind of jerky to me but maybe I'm imagining it...

She's actually a mahogany as far as I know, though I've had someone ask before if she was green pastel. She did come from a green pastel mahogany x normal pairing and honestly I had trouble distinguishing her from her siblings in the pictures lol

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Originally Posted by SKO

That all looked pretty normal to me. They look around and move in funny ways sometimes when they are out and about "exploring".

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Thanks for the reassurance. Usually she moves glacially slow when she's exploring but today she was kind of zipping and dipping a lot. I get paranoid easily I guess!

Everything looks normal to me. I kept checking the time in the first video waiting for the fast and unpredictable behaviour and never saw it, lol. Totally normal movements.

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Originally Posted by cristacake

Thanks for the reassurance. Usually she moves glacially slow when she's exploring but today she was kind of zipping and dipping a lot. I get paranoid easily I guess!

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That didn't really seem very zippy to me...

+1 to normal movement, and one unbalanced periscope.

So now should I be worried that she's usually too slow?Kidding [emoji846] Thanks guys

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Originally Posted by hazzaram

Everything looks normal to me. I kept checking the time in the first video waiting for the fast and unpredictable behaviour and never saw it, lol. Totally normal movements.

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My exact thoughts as well.

Relax and enjoy your Donuts! :cool:

I've had my BP for barely a month but she definitely appears to faster and more curious when she's warm to the touch when I get her out.

Both videos look fine in my non-expert opinion. Could she have been distracted/intrigued by the camera/phone, or maybe your face was being lit strangely by the very blue backlight from the screen?

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Originally Posted by Pug50

I've had my BP for barely a month but she definitely appears to faster and more curious when she's warm to the touch when I get her out.

Both videos look fine in my non-expert opinion. Could she have been distracted/intrigued by the camera/phone, or maybe your face was being lit strangely by the very blue backlight from the screen?

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You know what, the blanket she was on in those videos is an electric blanket and it was on medium heat. Maybe she was moving faster than usual because she was warmed up? Hopefully not too warm. Thanks for the insight!

I'm not sure if she saw anything unusual but in that first video it sure seems like she was interested in my face or the phone.

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Originally Posted by cristacake

Maybe she was moving faster than usual because she was warmed up?

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What are her normal enclosure temps and where are you measuring them from?

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Originally Posted by SmoothScales

What are her normal enclosure temps and where are you measuring them from?

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Hot spot 91-92, cool spot varies around 77-84, depending on ambient temps in the room. Too cold? I use a Zoomed UTH and have it regulated by a Hydrofarm herpstat. Both hot and cold spot measurements are from the probe/thermometer box thing being on the floor of the tub. I don't put them on the walls of the tub because I think that would get me ambient air temps only, but if that's wrong then please let me know.

As long as they are reading surface temps, that sounds good. Maybe she's just lazy in her enclosure. :P I thought since you thought she was moving fast that perhaps she was to cool in her enclosure so it was slowing her down.

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Originally Posted by SmoothScales

As long as they are reading surface temps, that sounds good. Maybe she's just lazy in her enclosure. :P I thought since you thought she was moving fast that perhaps she was to cool in her enclosure so it was slowing her down.

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Oh yeah, I understand the logic of that. It would make sense but yeah maybe every time I take her out she's still groggy and half asleep haha

My baby bp moves kinda like that first video when i feed her.

Looks fine to me. Wait until your snake tries to climb on the ceiling of the cage like spider pig. Both my big boa and my BP do that sometimes. Its rather funny to watch.

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Originally Posted by Sauzo

Looks fine to me. Wait until your snake tries to climb on the ceiling of the cage like spider pig. Both my big boa and my BP do that sometimes. Its rather funny to watch.

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Oh yeah, she did that pretty often when she was around 2/3 months old. She mostly did it at night when she was more active, and she would fall down quite a lot. So she was my "thing that goes bump in the night" :laughing: