I have a new Oct. 07 ball that was a rescue of sorts.
I haven't handled her much; just letting her eat and relax. She has eaten twice for me and seems more energetic. Today I went to pick her up to check up on her breathing etc, and she didn't move at all when I lifted her hide. Once she was free of the hide, she sat there a second, then let out a HUGE breath, and her sides visibly collapsed, like she had been holding her breath for a LONG time.
Then she was fine and breathing normally when I lifted her out. There was no defensive behavior at all when I reached in.
Was this a hiss? It didn't sound like how my corn snakes hiss, and she wasn't being defensive (so far as I can tell). Was it just a big sigh?
Just wondering, as I have never heard a ball hiss??
Thanks.