Are BP only considered to be in a strike position if the "S" shape is stretched and raised a bit? I sometimes see him resting in a very tight "S" shape when outside of his hides in the enclosure, and then when I handle him sometimes he will get into a very tight "S" shape at first before he relaxes and starts wandering about.

When I say a "tight" s-positon I mean all sides of his body making the "S" are touching each other.