"As for being active in the tank, good luck finding a snake that is. I think most are at certain times of day (as in at dusk/night) but with the 7 species of snakes that I've owned none were out and about on a regular basis."

Understandable, just maybe slightly more than the BP. The girl at the reptile store said the Red Tails will often do their sleeping or lounging out in the open a little more than BP's.

I'm probably just singing the blues cause we have one in shed right now and she's DEEP in her hide. I know it's normal, but we are still so excited to have a snake and all the functions running perfectly that we run up to see what's going on day or night, then look at each other like,, "Hmmm, well there's her tail",,, then the Debby Downer music plays and we walk out LOL!

Once the shed is done we'll get her feeding and socializing again.

But now i know why people have more than one. If you have 1 shedding or digesting, there is another one to play with so to speak.

Cheers,

Gio