Quote Originally Posted by Kaorte View Post
He may not be stressed from that particular experience, but he could be stressed out from his environment.

He has two non-identical hides. Hides are very important to ball pythons as they spend nearly all of their time in hides. You need two IDENTICAL and tight fitting hides. This means low to the ground and hugging the snake on all sides and with one small opening. Half log hides do not cut it. The hide should also be completely opaque. Place one hide on the hot side and one on the cool side.
I have to ask why you say the hides have to be identical. I have a larger tank and so I have six hides in it. .... Lets see two identical rock hides, two identical small rodent hides, a over turned cereal bowl that has a entry cut out, and a half log..... Now most the time he will hang out in one of the two rock hides, then the majority of the time after that he hangs out in the over turned bowl, and if he just ate he likes to hang out under the half log...... He very rarely uses the small rodent hides, and will ocasionally hang out under the bushes that are in his tank..... He still has not chosen to use the matching rock hide......