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Strange behavior inside new enclosure.
I have a BEL that's about 2 months old. She did a 30 quarantine in a tub with no issues, no strange behaviors or anything. I try not to handle her that much this early in her life, but when I do she's extremely chill, curious, and doesn't show any of the following behaviors. When she want in her tub on paper towels, she didn't show any of the following behaviors either. I got her a 24"x19"x12" enclosure from Animal plastics, she has a Pro Heat radiant heat panel that Bob recommended for the size of the enclosure she's in she even has belly heat on that side of the enclosure to help with the temperature inside her warm side hide. Her temperatures are pretty much textbook, and the humidity is between 55-62% according to two different hygrometers placed in two different areas of the enclosure. There is plenty of cover for her and things for her to climb on since she seems to think she's an arboreal snake. The substrate I'm using is Reptile Prime until she's big enough to upgrade to a larger size enclosure and I can set her up in a BioActive environment. I know that BELs are pretty much free from any genetic defects. This usually only happens for the first few minutes after I put her inside her enclosure, but she wobbles around like she's crazy and rubs her head and body against all of her hides and enrichment. She doesn't have any mites, her breathing is silent, and she's doesn't have any mucus, or any issues with her cloaca, or anything that I can see, hear, or feel that's wrong with her. Her last shed was about 2-3 weeks ago and she's not in blue. Is there something that I could be doing wrong with her enclosure, or is this normal behavior for young snakes in a new environment with different smells? Like I said, it has only happens in her new enclosure on this new substrate and it usually only lasts for about 5 to 10 minutes before she finds a spot to hide and go to sleep. When she was in a plastic tub on paper towels, she never acted that way. When I have to handle her or choose to handle her she doesn't act that way.
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