Lucky you!! its like 12 degrees here and theres like 3 ft of snow covering the ground haha.
Just took both my balls out and both of them periscoped.
And I will probably be quoted for out of context.
MH
Who the hell is Pat?
"Pattimuss doesn't run, he prances most delicately, like a beautiful but sad fairy, winged and capped, curly toed shoes on each foot, dancing on dewdrops while lazy crickets play soft music for him to keep time by...." - Wes
Just took both my balls out and both of them periscoped.
And I will probably be quoted for out of context.
very cool, i just fed maxwell this morning so wont be taking him out to explore for a while but cant wait to see if he parascopes when i put him on the carpet! (since i cant take him outside lol)
The video is edited he turned around and looked at us curving his body around before lowering back down i just cut it as my sister spent a long time filming him lying there hoping he would raise back up.
I know this is a old post but i found it on a yahoo search and boy am i relieved my two corn snakes do it but not as much as our new ball. Our ball is a rescue and was rescued by someone else who has had it quarantined well now we are just fostering him for a year until she wants to breed him next year sometime.
His quaranitine was over so we brought him home this is our first ball and while we have only had him 2 days he actually ate today and has made himself right at home. He keeps "periscoping" while sitting on his hides or just in the middle of the cage only lowering back down if we walk up to the tank and sometimes not even then he will just turn his head to look at us, we were getting worried. The breeder who rescued him had him in a tub on a rack so he didn't exactly have a lot of room to show this behavior he is now in a large enclosure provided by the breeder for as long as we house and care for him. When i walked by he was by his water bowl with his head lifted up.
I was worried about a infection or IBD but he doesn't hold his head straight up but periscopes. We were thinking he wasn't stressed about his new surroundings at all since he ate today and were wondering why that was since i know Ball's tend to stress a lot when in a new place.
To learn that the periscoping behavior is caused by stress and being over alert when in new surroundings is a relief not only because he most likely is healthy and IBD free but also because he is acting normal and not weird like i thought he had been.
My bp does this and if I scratch him under the chin area, or behind the head on the neck area, he will tighten up and do this; similar to a dog when you scratch them behind the head and a cat when you scratch it on the chin. :p so cute.
Reptiles
0.0.1 - Rhacodactylus Ciliatus, Cheerio
Mammals
1.1 - Canis Lupus Familiaris, Little Man & Molly
I am new to BP' and snakes, so I understand being paranoid after reading certain articles. I was lucky when ours periscopes she really looks around and seemed to make a decisive choice on her next move. Her behavior was easier to see nothing was wrong. Even still that little voice in the back of my head was there worried.
Jim
2.2 Ball Pythons
Female Pastel (Gella), Female Butter (Khaleesi), Male Spider (Igor), Male Pastel Butter (Tig)
Originally Posted by snakegirl4life
Re: ball python raising head like cobra
