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    New Bull Snake Behavior

    Just wanted to check if my little gal was acting in a common bull snake way. She came home yesterday morning, looked around for maybe half hour , pooped and went into her cool hide and stayed there until this morning. This morning she shed (perfectly I might add) and than it was back into the cool hide, no more coming out for the rest of today.

    I know my pythons were pretty lazy, ball python would come out every evening to roam, sumatran short tail (black blood) was really lazy. But I have no experience with any Colubrid. So I just wanted to make sure this was normal behavior for a newly introduced Bull Snake.

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    Re: New Bull Snake Behavior

    Quote Originally Posted by beaglegod View Post
    Just wanted to check if my little gal was acting in a common bull snake way. She came home yesterday morning, looked around for maybe half hour , pooped and went into her cool hide and stayed there until this morning. This morning she shed (perfectly I might add) and than it was back into the cool hide, no more coming out for the rest of today.

    I know my pythons were pretty lazy, ball python would come out every evening to roam, sumatran short tail (black blood) was really lazy. But I have no experience with any Colubrid. So I just wanted to make sure this was normal behavior for a newly introduced Bull Snake.
    She pooped - good.
    She had a perfect shed - good

    New acquisitions take awhile to get comfortable with their new digs, plus she's young (right?) which means that she is even more cautious about being out in the open.

    With the exception of cleaning and feeding, leave her alone until she settles in.

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    Re: New Bull Snake Behavior

    Thanks for that skip will leave her be and keep my 5 yr old's nose away from her enclosure too.

    One last thing I was wondering about, I was planning on feeding in a separate container since she has shredded aspen in her enclosure, do you think taking her out to feed will cause too much stress, or should I try feeding in her enclosure. Maybe I can put some newspaper inside and wiggle the prey item over it.

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    Re: New Bull Snake Behavior

    Quote Originally Posted by beaglegod View Post
    Thanks for that skip will leave her be and keep my 5 yr old's nose away from her enclosure too.

    One last thing I was wondering about, I was planning on feeding in a separate container since she has shredded aspen in her enclosure, do you think taking her out to feed will cause too much stress, or should I try feeding in her enclosure. Maybe I can put some newspaper inside and wiggle the prey item over it.
    The only reason to feed a snake in a separate container is in the case in which two are housed together. In that situation, you separate them to prevent inintended cannibalism.

    For all of my young snakes, I use a tiny glass bowl (like the ones chefs use for measuring out seasonings/spices. I place the prey item in the tiny bowl.
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