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Cass and I only have experience with Ball Pythons and thier behaviour which is why we need some advice here!

We consulted with LLL Reptiles when were there buying her and thier advice was "keep them in the same conditions as you would a Ball Python". Se we set up an enclosure with a temp gradient (82/92) and 60% humidity and two hides.

Carmen has been in here enclosure for 6 days now, and we've been observing her behaviour.

She shows no interest in her hides - at all. She either coils up in the corners, or coils up at the top of one of the plastic plants we have in there. Are these less shy than Balls? Is being out in the open "normal" for them?

When we go in to change the water and poop patrol she gets more active and will usually try to get out - looks like a definate "lemme outta here" reaction.

My first concern was that being as she was avoiding the hides that she would be away from the primary thermoregulating zones, the edge of the enclosure is cooler than the areas directly above the UTH's. This was the case for a day or so, but adjusting the CHE has gotten the whole substrate up to 80F, with 92F on the warm side. (we use one CHE above, one UTH on the cool side and one UTH on the warm side.)

I'm thinking we have the temps wrong for a BCC maybe? Or some other area of our husbandry is off somehow... Or she's just not settled yet.

Comments?