Climbing Balls

[L2.BP.Plox]

We have 6 BPs and 1 Corn Snake here (which is mine).

4 of the BPs are in a rack system, 1 is in a separate tub, and the other is in a tank.

The one in the tank, Jules, has a log and a hide. He does not go on his log often but we do find him up there now and then. One of the girls, Adel, in the rack is always getting up on top of her hide and trying to push her way up to get out of the rack. When we pull Adel's tub all the way out of the rack for cleaning she always gets up on the edges of the tub and hangs out there for a bit before trying to go explore the carpet. Another one of the girls, Hope (We named her that after going through a couple months of assist feeding and her finally taking mice), does the same thing when we take the lid off of her tub. She also has to hides in her new tub. One being taller than the other. Sometimes, I find her stretched across reaching between the two or completely on top of the higher one. The tub Hope used to be in had handles on it, which created ledges and she often got up on top of the ledges in the tub and sat up there. Our other three BPs do not exhibit any desires for climbing.

As for staying in the hides and being out -- we have a few different scenarios with the snakes. The Bumble Bee BP in the rack spends most of his day in his hide. The Spider, Arachnia, in the rack likes to sit with half her body in the hide and the other half out. She has plenty of room in her hide and she is all the way in it often. Jules usually follows the same behavior pattern as Arachnia. However, when he does come out all the way he is usually stretched out or on his log. Adel is almost ALWAYS out of hide, during the day and very late at night seems to be when she is most active. She is very rarely in there. She makes a mess of her paper towels in the tub and is always active. I think she should be the tank and not Jules; However, that is an on-going debate in the house. Hope is pretty active, but she does go in her hide a lot. Our Lesser BP is pretty timid and does not come out a lot but when she does come out she likes to sit around the edges of her water bowl or rest just beside it.

So, yes some BPs like to climb. Some follow the nocturnal behavior, but half of ours are also active during the day. We have one that is pretty much in his hide all day. 4 of the snakes have the exact same temps and humidity and they all behave differently. So, the temps/humidity don't seem to effect their behavior much.

Mike, I myself come off as a bit arrogant and cocky and do not realize it until I read things or think about things that I stated until much later. You come off as arrogant. I can see that some of your arguments follow the fallacies of: circling in on yourself to keep the argument within the range of your comfort; and directly attacking your opponent. Which, I must say are the two fallacies that irritate me the most. I also think that maybe you see things slightly more extreme than other people. Your behavior seems to be that of someone who believes people are trying to humiliate you when they respond to your posts. Which, could be true in some cases because a lot of people tend to get irritated quickly when confronted with someone they feel is arrogant. However, I do not feel that anyone was directly attacking you nor that anyone "hates" you. I feel that they just disagree with you and are not fond of the attitude that you bring into your opinions. There are a lot of ways to set things up and a lot of opinions about the different ways for things to be done in each scenario of housing in tubs, tanks, racks, and etc.

As for the BP that is doing all this climbing. It looks healthy and if it is not stressed I definitely don't see anything wrong with your set up. I have heard from a lot of people that the heat lamps are not so great, but if they are serving their purpose -- all is well. Hopefully, you can get them replaced soon and I wish you luck with that venture. Your set up looks a lot nicer now that you have the plants. One thing I would suggest though is to keep them away from the water or secured from getting into it. My corn snake knocked his plant into his water bowl once and it turned slightly green. I fixed that immediately though when I saw it. GL with your BP. And on behalf of the BP community "Welcome to the Addiction".