Hello everyone! So I got my first baby ball python this Mon, and as soon as I put her in her tank, she's been in her hide all day and all night. She's in a 20gall, now 10 gall because of a divider I put up, and had a 100w infrared as one of her sources of heat. The other is a thermostat regulated uth.
I was getting readings of 96/98 on the hot side with those settings, so I bumped down the wattage to a 50w infrared bulb and added shirt curtains to the outside of the tank to help maintain heat. When I did this, along with adding her warm side hide, when she woke up at night, all she did for about 3 or 4 hours was slither around her cage! Slither over to one side, pause, go to the other side, pause, go up the walls, pause, etc. She's not stressed about everything new, is it? I'm so worried!!! She's back in her hide now at this time, but I'm still concerned...
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