trying to escape

[casper]

My snake has been trying his best to escape from his cage. Constantly climbing the sides trying to move the screen lid which I have four rocks on it, one in each corner. He has been doing this for hours.

He can’t be hungry. I just fed him a couple of days ago. The temp is 88 on one side and 78 on the other. Humidity is at 60 percent. His cage is a 10 gallon glass cage.

My snake weighs 130 grams so he is not very old. He sure does a good job at climbing the sides and standing upright trying to push the lid off and then falls over. I’m afraid he is going to break his neck or split his head open doing what he is doing.

He seems to only do this when I had him out of his cage and put him back. Is this normal behavior? Does he miss me holding him that much?

[RichsBallPythons]

They do this as they are stressed. we need pictures of the setup to better asses it.

bump your temps 2-3 degrees both sides as well

[DustinB]

How big is he? How often do you feed? What size and how much do you feed? Even though you just fed he made need more if he is growing. The snake could be hungry or stressed out. As stated, post a pic if you can.

[Neal]

I would definately bump the temperature up on the cool side a few degrees, possibly like 2-3. Also since you didn't mention it, what kind of snake do you have?

[casper]

There for a minute I thought this thread got deleted. I thought I was posting to the ball python area.

My snake is a ball python. He is back to acting normal. The warm side is 89, the cool side is now 80. Like I said in my original post he only does this when I had him out of his cage. This behavior started just a couple of days ago. He never used to do this. Nothing has changed.

His diet is adult mice and I feed him once a week. He is a fast eater within 5 minutes no more mouse. His next feeding is Monday.

I need to get more light in the room where my snake is. I can not get a good pic and I don’t want to use my flash. I did manage to get a pic when he was trying to escape.

[dr del]

Hi,

Moved to the BP section for you.


dr del

[Patricia]

Mine is about the same size as yours, and does this every night when it comes out. Everything else seems fine, and it's sleeping/hiding during the day, so since they're nocturnal, he's coming out at the right time. I figure since there's nothing else for it to do, why not just climb vertically. Mine did go splat a couple of nights ago when it got too high on a snake's version of tip-toes, LOL!

[Neal]

Whoa, at first I thought that you had no substrate till I realized that he was on the side of the tank. Had me worried for a minute there.

[casper]

So is this normal behavior?

[WingedWolfPsion]

You said he does right after you've handled him? If so, then yeah, pretty normal. He's all excited and worked up, so he's 'running it off', basically. Reptiles find handling a bit stressful, even when tame. Just make sure that he isn't rubbing his nose on the screen.