BP personalities

Not so much a question, I just find it intriguing how BPs all kinda have their own personality. I have 3 currently all around the same age and all with identical setups and identical hides. All of them have a hotspot of 88-89 degrees, some foliage and a piece of wood on top of both hides that sits about an inch or 2 from the lid of the hide. people always try to tell you how your snake is going to act but idk I think they are more individual than people give them credit for. Now my pastel female ALWAYS sits in her hot hide no matter that i almost never see her out and about. My Pied male is always on the cool side unless he has had a feed and he explores his cage all night, but my Pied female loves to just sit on her wood all day unless she has fed i swear she thinks shes arboreal.

What behaviors do your balls exhibit?

I'm not currently keeping any BP's but I agree, whether you're talking about BPs or ANY other kind of snakes, they each have their own personality.

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Originally Posted by Bogertophis

I'm not currently keeping any BP's but I agree, whether you're talking about BPs or ANY other kind of snakes, they each have their own personality.

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any kind of animal really. like my Leopard gecko likes to climb around but the 2 i had before this one didnt climb at all

I think that's why many of us have more than one...;)

Adalie, my Pastel BP is such a weirdo, I love her.

She is so feisty (she's still a baby, that may be why) when she's in her cage, but an absolute sweetheart out of the cage.
I'll usually find her resting on a log in her warm spot, and it's always in this cute position where her head is leaned up against one of the higher points of the log.
I don't know what's with her resting her head on things but she does it 24/7 and it's so cute. (<- no it's not some respiratory related illness, she's just silly like that)
When I'm handling her she will usually just rest around, leaning her head on my body as I pet her (and she loves climbing my neck). -speaking about climbing, she loves climbing. I'm thinking about getting her some high points that she can climb her way up to, I thought she wouldn't like climbing since I have heard that BPs don't really like to climb.

It's so awesome to read about how other snakes behave, there are so many personalities. I don't even know why someone would go "Snakes have got no personalities" when they so obviously do.

Yeah, I find that individuals of all species will be different in their own little ways. Each species has certain "traits" that are common of most individuals, but they all seem to have their own mannerisms and idiosyncrasies.
I think it would be pretty boring if they were all the same.

Agreed, I love all my snakes, but my Spell is my heart, maybe because she is a literal dream to hold, but she is also a claim and docile snake, she wraps around my arm and is just as chill as can be. :P
Hollow? He is like holding onto a fish lol… I know he was not “properly” handled through out his time with my little brother, but I am working on him and he is getting better… as for my lil noodle, Lambeau.. well lets just say he’s a baby male BP .. and they can be a little snippy .. lil sucker has tagged me more than Philly red lights cameras lol… and he hasn’t been around more than a few months smh… but I am hoping to get my males into a better “personality” as the hissing is not a turn on company lmfao!:D
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In my experience, each individual in the species has their own personalities. When I had more Royal/Ball pythons they were each very distinct. Also even if a species is known to be defensive or docile their are always the odd ones that did not confirm to the stereotype.

I never really believed this, I thought that the differences in behaviour were caused by differences (even really small ones) in husbandry. But ever since I have my second snake I can say that's definitely not true!
My first snake used to have the same tub as my second one, but I moved him to a terrarium when I got my second one. So she has literally the EXACT same set up as my male snake yet their behaviour is completely different. My little guy is very friendly and from the moment I bought him (125 gram at the time) curious and got used to me almost instantly. He likes to explore his enclosure every night (unless he's in shed or digesting) and when he was in the tub he escaped all the damn time. (He would push his head against the plastic lid until it bent and then he escaped). He likes to climb, but sucks at it. Is not headshy at all

My girl? She always hides, I rarely ever see her out and if I told you it was an empty tub you would believe it. Even when she has pooped she doesn't go out of her hide, while if Luciano has pooped he'll instantly let me know because he'll act even more annoying. She is VERY headshy and doesn't like me that much. She is the typical ball python.

It amazes me that they can be so different, but it's very adorable to me at the same time at well

My 2 Bp's are totally different from one another. My Pastel Champagne her pied boy is a little shy at times and when you open up his tub its like he is saying, "Excuse me, do you mind!!" My Super Russo is happy go lucky, always looking to come out and say Hello... :D

Most of the BP's I've owned were distinctly different, especially Yukon and Drizzle. Yukon being unusually bombproof and relaxed (he wouldn't survive a day in the wild, natural selection would've taken him out years ago by his personality alone HAHA) and Drizzle being unusually shy and defensive. They're out of the norm in their own way, so they're special to me.

A couple others were relatively similar... the same old same old average but docile nervousness- get a little scared when I reach in and they ball up when they're handled, rarely displayed inquisitiveness and never really relaxed. Always wanting to just move away and find a place to hide. Those didn't have much individual personality. So I sold them LOL.

I don't know why it's surprising to find that individual animals have different personalities. They have different parents, different genes (even siblings that are the same morph are not genetically identical) and grew in different eggs. All sorts of things can affect brain development in tiny unknown ways. And vertebrate brains are really complex, versatile, adaptable organs - even snake brains. It would be really surprising if they all behaved identically under all circumstances.