Quote Originally Posted by redshepherd View Post
Ax, I've been giving them "exercise" too, but also weirdly unsure if it would stress them out. Probably just being paranoid though.

I guess the question in the first post is... is it even possible for ball pythons to have low muscle tone, unable to constrict prey properly? I assumed that snakes almost have a fixed inherent level of muscle tone/strength. Is intentionally strenuous "exercise" or "practice constricting" even necessary? aka, other than just letting them slither around on the ground and on your arm and such LOL.
oh yes, i believe a healthy BP has a fixed inherent level of strength for whatever size they are. it's gotta be the result of a bajillion years of evolution. they pretty much just hide and sleep until they're hungry. i think their strength is i just as natural as their instinct to hunt.

and for BP's that are like blobs, i think those ones just aren't flexing.