Climbing Balls

[thedarkwolf25]

I know that most BPs don't like to climb and prefer to spend most of their time in their hides. Mine however thinks she's tarzan or something, when we got her we also bought a medium sized log for get to use. Well she loves it! She spends more time on the log (which is also on the cool side) than anywhere else. My temps are fine (85 ambient 91 hot, and 52% humidity) I just think she likes to climb up there and chill out.

Anyone else's BP climb?

[JLC]

Mine don't get the opportunity...but it sounds like yours is very comfortable in her set-up! Would love to see pics!!

[thedarkwolf25]

I'll try and snap some (my camera sucks)

[thedarkwolf25]

She just chills out like this, not a care in the world

Her tank setup

Her beloved log

[alkibp]

I have a pastel male who likes to climb too.

[blushingball419]

Mine loves her branch too!! I think as long as you have the room and the branch is thick enough to support them properly (and not too high off the ground) there's nothing wrong with letting them climb.

However, I thought I'd mention that she really needs 2 similar hides, one on each side of the tank, and those little stick on thermometer/hygrometers are way too high up on the sides. They should only be an inch or two off the ground, that way you'll get more accurate readings closer to where the snake actually is!

Obviously your snake looks healthy and it's up to you, but if it were me I'd put another hide in there on the cool side and move those dials down/invest in better ones

[thedarkwolf25]

Mine loves her branch too!! I think as long as you have the room and the branch is thick enough to support them properly (and not too high off the ground) there's nothing wrong with letting them climb.

However, I thought I'd mention that she really needs 2 similar hides, one on each side of the tank, and those little stick on thermometer/hygrometers are way too high up on the sides. They should only be an inch or two off the ground, that way you'll get more accurate readings closer to where the snake actually is!

Obviously your snake looks healthy and it's up to you, but if it were me I'd put another hide in there on the cool side and move those dials down/invest in better ones

yeah I did replace those analog ones, what the shots don't show is the digital thermometer probe on the far right to check the hot spot and a digital hygrometer/thermometer in the center about 2 inches above the substrate. We did get her another hide, it was one that looked like a tree with a hollow in it and it had plastic leaves and branches......she completely ignored it lol

I'll probably get her another of the same rock hides that is on the hot side, but she doesn't hide much anyways. I think that if I got her a hide for the cool side she would just ignore it anyways and go on her branch

[JLC]

She's very pretty!!!

I'd say that if she's eating well...sleeping well...shedding well....then if it's not broke, don't fix it.

[thedarkwolf25]

She definitely does all those lol. So far her only shed with us was a bad one but I have since got a real good handle on the humidity so her next one should be better.

[loonunit]

Yeah, given the opportunity most of mine will climb. Some of them are bad at it and I'll hear them falling off branches in the middle of the night... but unless they manage to scare themselves, they generally climb right back up. Some of them will perch up there for hours.

She looks pretty happy up there!