I just got my first ball python Sunday at a reptile show in Arlington. She's wonderful. But, she seems to have one odd querk that I hope someone can either explain or tell me how to fix (if its a problem). She doesn't use her hide box! She has a half-log and a piece of grapevine (? I think), but she rather sleep out in the open on the bottom or occassionally partly draped over the half-log. The only explaination I can think of is that she doesn't feel the need for the privacy...she ate no problem the day I brought her home, with me watching, and almost never curls up in a ball out of shyness.