Why is he doing this?

[Gerardo]

I had two of my snakes out last night an decided to take some pics. As i was doing so my mojave started to "stand up" and stayed like that for about a minute. Just wanted to know what he was doing or what it means.

[Capray]

It's called periscoping and they do it when they feel like being extra cute!

He's fine. snakes are just weird like that.

[Don]

He is just checking things out. Perfectly normal.

[Flikky]

When you're that low to the ground, you gotta get up higher to check things out. He was just scoping (see what I did there) out his surroundings

[Gerardo]

Ok cool. My mojave is the oddball of the 3 i have. It seems like he acts so different than my other two.

[BoostedMX3]

There's a thread full of those pics.. I caught mine doing it last night for the first time.. Makes me want to giver more height in her cage

[Gerardo]

Never thought of that. Could he want a taller tub? Out of the 3 he is the most active. He is the one i catch moving around the most.

[GoFride]

Curiosity is supposed to be a sign of intelligence. Maybe he's the smart one of the group.

[nimblykimbly]

I just think it's the cutest thing when they periscope so curious! heeheehee

[Gorillafist]

They do it when they become confused as too what kind of snake they really are. He just thought he was a Cobra for a minute