How active are Ball Pythons?

[arke95]

Hey my question is as put in the subject. I just got my BP two days ago. This is my first BP ever to own so I have a lot to learn about their behaviors. I don't know how long is my baby but it's about 20 inches long and it's not very active. It has its hour or 2 when it travels all over the tank but then it hides in the tree bark, curls up in a ball and stays there for hours. I put a dead mouse in the tank and it comes up to it opens its mouth but doesn't eat it and goes back to the bark. Is it normal behavior? How often do your BP "walk" around their tanks?

[Reed12321]

Your snake isn't called a ball python for nothing. They ball up and hide most of the day. In fact, if your ball python is active, usually that means that there's something wrong. How's your husbandry? Are you warming up the dead mouse? When was the last time it are? Post a picture of your setup. And length of your snake doesn't help much, let us know the weight of the snake (in grams).


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[HVani]

They are pretty much pet rocks

Don't get me wrong, I love to hang out with them but really they don't do much.

[arke95]

Yes, I do warm them up. I put it in a plastic bag and run with warm water. I can't tell the last time it ate, I bought it at petco and since every day a different person works there they couldn't tell me. I will post a picture of the set up in a minute and weigh it as well.

[HVani]

Yes, I do warm them up. I put it in a plastic bag and run with warm water. I can't tell the last time it ate, I bought it at petco and since every day a different person works there they couldn't tell me. I will post a picture of the set up in a minute and weigh it as well.

I'd give him more time to settle in. BPs can go a long time without food and won't eat if they are not comfortable.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Lazy as it gets

[Reinz]

Every now and then mine will have bouts where it tries to escape at night. She searches for a hole in the top. Or at times when I'm in the room, she will come to the door wanting out.

But for the most part she's like a Bloodhound on the front porch on a hot summers day.

[arke95]

It weights 74g.
Here are pictures of my tank. Don't mind the quality of the pictures, the lighting in my room is not good for pictures hehe.

RIGHT SIDE VIEW


FRONT VIEW


LEFT SIDE VIEW

[arke95]

Every now and then mine will have bouts where it tries to escape at night. She searches for a hole in the top. Or at times when I'm in the room, she will come to the door wanting out.

But for the most part she's like a Bloodhound on the front porch on a hot summers day.

Yes! Hah, I've noticed that too. My little does that too every once in a while.

[Reed12321]

It weights 74g.
Here are pictures of my tank. Don't mind the quality of the pictures, the lighting in my room is not good for pictures hehe.

RIGHT SIDE VIEW


FRONT VIEW


LEFT SIDE VIEW

What are the temps? secondly, for a 74 gram snake, that tank is way too big. Thirdly, you need red heat bulbs.