I just recently became a new snake owner of a young (I think about 2 months old) Ball Python. I bought her on Friday, about 3-4 days ago, and she ate on saturday. My temps are 90 in hot spot and 82 in cold side. I have 2 hides on each end and a water bowl. However, I just put in a hide bowl on the cold side for her 2 days ago and she didn't start using it until yesterday. Ever since I put that hide in she has been in there more than the hotter side. And yesterday is when she started to move around a lot, and still is! She's going on top of hides, around water bowl, around the whole tank over and over. She also looks like she's trying to get out. I have a salamander and I know when I first got him he was constantly glass surfing and trying to get out but eventually stopped, most likely because of getting used to tank. Is this the same scenario?
I have held her a few times and today is the first time she actually was completely moving on my hand and trying to climb on my forearm. I don't know what to think of this. Is it stress? Am I doing something wrong? Just worried since the first 2 or so days she did nothing but sit inside, or a little outside her hot side hide.
EDIT: She is in a plastic tub, about the dimensions of a 20 gallon. Substrate is paper towel.
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