Our ball python has switched to the cool side out of the blue. She has always stayed tucked in her hide that are on the warm side over the UTH. We had to throw away her cardboard shoe box hide because she got it filthy and she hasn't stayed in any of the new hides since.
We do live in Florida and it is very hot here but she's in the A/C all day. The cool side shows a temp of about 76-78 degrees all the time and the warm side is about 98 most of the day. The mulch above the UTH isn't that warm but the temp reading under the mulch is about 98 degrees.
She spend all day on the cool side right up against her water dish and feels cool to the touch. We've tried moving her back into the warm side and switching hides (we've been through 3 so far) and she still goes back to the coolest spot in the tank.
Is this okay/normal? Should we be doing something differently?
(Link to Photo of her tank is attached)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53986762@N04/5878790171/
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