Do you ever feel bad for your bp?

[Emily Hubbard]

I always say my bp is living the high life... I mean in terms of a snake. aha
Especially in the winter when his tank is at a way more comfortable temp than my house.

Sooooo true. The other night, we had a cold spell and I woke up shivering. I jumped up to check on the snake, and she was curled up nice and tight under her warm hide, and when I checked the temp, it read 89. I have the thermostat set to 90, so I think it's doing it's job. Just for giggles, I pointed the temp gun into the middle of my bedroom. 56. My snake has it good.

There are some people that get very sensitive about animals in cages, but to me, you really have to look at the natural life of the animal. Birds in cages disturb me greatly, but snakes, no. Mine has plenty to hide under and explore, she is nice and warm, she has no predators, she is fed plenty and she doesn't even have to kill her food herself.

Honestly, I am not so sure that they are consciously trying to escape when they nudge the glass. They sure can be GREAT at escaping, but I don't necessarily think they mean to. I think the glass is just extremely confusing. My vision cage only has a glass front, and I only ever see her nudging the front, never the sides or top, so I think she just sees that there is more world and naturally wants to explore it, but has no understanding of what glass is and is therefor completely baffled by her inability to go beyond it. Add to that, I very often slide open the glass and put my hand out to let her crawl to me on her own, so SOMETIMES the invisible forcefield vanishes. Poor thing, she has no idea what to make of that. So no, I don't think they nudge glass because they are unhappy and want to escape, I think they just naturally want to explore now and then. When you take your snake out and let it crawl around, I think you are more than satisfying that need.