Cake the ball python checking out new environment

I just switched out half the substrate for coco chips and a new set of fake leaves, and Cake immediately (literally) came out to check out the new things! He actually stretched out looong to stare and sniff even while I was dumping in new substrate and shoveling everything around lol. Fearless booger.

Possibly a long and boring video, but I personally find a bp's slow and cautious inquisitiveness very cute and interesting. :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At2hy64rqEg


Snakes do respond and interact with their environment as we know, especially toward things they've never seen before in their enclosure, and even ball pythons do. Cake has always been my most curious, calm, and "outgoing" ball, so he makes a nice example.

He went around licking everything new for almost 10 minutes before he decided he was done and went back into the hide LOL.

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...2zso1_1280.jpg

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...2zso2_1280.jpg

So cute! Boop did the same thing yesterday. Now she is sacked out in the 1 of 4 hide outs. lol

that's so precious :')


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Omg he's so cute! I love how actively curious he is! Look at those tongue flicks!

"Dis new. Dis different. I SMELL EVERYTHING!"

as a side note, can we please talk about how adorable your A Dog's World animation is???? aaaaAAAHH

<3 he's wonderful!
Thank you for sharing such a lovely precious video 😍😍😍

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by MissterDog

Omg he's so cute! I love how actively curious he is! Look at those tongue flicks!

"Dis new. Dis different. I SMELL EVERYTHING!"

as a side note, can we please talk about how adorable your A Dog's World animation is???? aaaaAAAHH

---

Isn't it cute? I don't know how many people miss out on watching a ball's slow and active inquisitiveness, but it's obvious!

also "Dis new. Dis different. I SMELL EVERYTHING!" BASICALLY

AHH thank you!! Glad you liked that little short! :D

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by redshepherd

I just switched out half the substrate for coco chips and a new set of fake leaves, and Cake immediately (literally) came out to check out the new things! He actually stretched out looong to stare and sniff even while I was dumping in new substrate and shoveling everything around lol. Fearless booger.

Possibly a long and boring video, but I personally find a bp's slow and cautious inquisitiveness very cute and interesting. :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At2hy64rqEg


Snakes do respond and interact with their environment as we know, especially toward things they've never seen before in their enclosure, and even ball pythons do. Cake has always been my most curious, calm, and "outgoing" ball, so he makes a nice example.

He went around licking everything new for almost 10 minutes before he decided he was done and went back into the hide LOL.

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...2zso1_1280.jpg

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...2zso2_1280.jpg

---

Well I've mentioned this before but I have 22 snake viv setups - all with branches , logs and fake foliage .
Anyways every so often I switch pieces of bark and logs around from viv to viv and it gives them all something to think about , sniff and explore ...

Long and boring? Surely you jest...Cake is cute as all get out! I love watching all those tongue flicks...and he has the same water dish as my snakes do. This made a bad day better. ❤️


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Nice red! I always had a special affection for Cake since he was really young. Any pics or videos of him are always enjoyable. He looks so healthy. Grats.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Zincubus

Well I've mentioned this before but I have 22 snake viv setups - all with branches , logs and fake foliage .
Anyways every so often I switch pieces of bark and logs around from viv to viv and it gives them all something to think about , sniff and explore ...

---

Yes I remember! I love how you do that, I'm the same. I think too many people give ball pythons no credit just because they're less active snakes. But just because they are less active doesn't mean they don't appreciate "things to do" as other species of pythons do, just less frequently.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Artist_Emily

Long and boring? Surely you jest...Cake is cute as all get out! I love watching all those tongue flicks...and he has the same water dish as my snakes do. This made a bad day better. ❤️


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

---

Aw good! I'm glad you liked watching him! <3

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Albert Clark

Nice red! I always had a special affection for Cake since he was really young. Any pics or videos of him are always enjoyable. He looks so healthy. Grats.

---

Albert, that pleases me to hear. And I have a special affection for him too! He's the best first snake ever.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by redshepherd

Yes I remember! I love how you do that, I'm the same. I think too many people give ball pythons no credit just because they're less active snakes. But just because they are less active doesn't mean they don't appreciate "things to do" as other species of pythons do, just less frequently.



Aw good! I'm glad you liked watching him! <3



Albert, that pleases me to hear. And I have a special affection for him too! He's the best first snake ever.

---

I'll be honest and say that my Royals are possibly more active than the Boas , Burm and a fre others ... in the EVENING ...

People seem to forget that Royals / Balls are nocturnal .

Many also give them a hide and a bowl of water and then day that they're boring !?!?!

What the devil are they gonna do with a hide and a bowl of water ??

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Zincubus

I'll be honest and say that my Royals are possibly more active than the Boas , Burm and a fre others ... in the EVENING ...

People seem to forget that Royals / Balls are nocturnal .

Many also give them a hide and a bowl of water and then day that they're boring !?!?!

What the devil are they gonna do with a hide and a bowl of water ??

---

LOL You said exactly what I wanted to say. Give an empty tub with nothing to do and sees ball python doesn't move and isn't active. Then announces, "Ball pythons just sit there and do nothing, ever! They suck at climbing too!" Yeah, not sure even a carpet python would do anything either if there's nothing to interact with and nothing to do. And of course there is no climbing behavior when there is nothing to climb. LOL

Same happens among green tree python owners. These snakes may be primitive, but they're not rocks. When they see there is nothing to do, they will do nothing.

Of course, I don't think this should be pressed too much upon newbies who have not learned/researched to dial in their husbandry yet. Then any stress-related activity can be mistaken for exploring.

You make a good point in the final paragraph !