I am new to the world of ball pythons and have a question about my new ball python's behavior......or lack thereof.
She was hatched in the middle of April. I bought her towards the latter part of April. While holding her I noticed that she was going through a shed. The breeder informed me that it was her first shed and should be ready to eat in a few days.
Approximately 5 days later I went to the store and bought a pinkie mouse because they were all sold out of fuzzies. Although she did not show much interest in it I placed the live pinkie inside her cave......she ate it.
The next feeding I fed her a live pinkie/fuzzy mouse (it was just a bit bigger than a pinkie but had hair but could not walk) and once again she ate it......and snagged it quick I might add.
The following week I fed her a rat pinkie (once again the store was out of fuzzies) and she gobbled him down pretty fast as well.
After the three feedings she would go into her cave for a day or two and come out in the afternoons and roam her cage.
The next week arrived and I attempted a frozen/thawed hopper mouse. This prey item was obviously larger than the previous food items. She ate it no problems. After she ate she stayed in her cave 24/7 all week until I fed her again the following week. She ate the second frozen/thawed hopper and retreated to her cave and has not come out since.
Her basking spot is between 90 and 93 degrees while the cool side is around 80 degrees.
Can I attribute her hiding out all the time to her being satisfied hunger wise?