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    Is she moving strangely?

    I don't think I've ever seen Donuts move as fast and unpredictably as in this video:



    And this little wobble worried me /:



    Because I'm prone to be a worst case scenarist, my first thought was neuro issues / stargazing. But she only did it once the whole 10 min or so that she was out exploring so hopefully it's nothing concerning...
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    Re: Is she moving strangely?

    That all looked pretty normal to me. They look around and move in funny ways sometimes when they are out and about "exploring".

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    Re: Is she moving strangely?

    I don't see anything alarming at all, in the second video when your snake it starting to periscope off the front of the box it looks like it may have started to lose its balance for a split second (I think this is the one wobble you were thinking you saw) .... Doughnuts is a black pastel yes??

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    Re: Is she moving strangely?

    Quote Originally Posted by T_Sauer View Post
    I don't see anything alarming at all, in the second video when your snake it starting to periscope off the front of the box it looks like it may have started to lose its balance for a split second (I think this is the one wobble you were thinking you saw) .... Doughnuts is a black pastel yes??
    Okay, I watched the second one over again and I think you're right, like maybe putting her head up like that was her way of correcting her balance on that flimsy box. The first video still seems kind of jerky to me but maybe I'm imagining it...

    She's actually a mahogany as far as I know, though I've had someone ask before if she was green pastel. She did come from a green pastel mahogany x normal pairing and honestly I had trouble distinguishing her from her siblings in the pictures lol
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    Re: Is she moving strangely?

    Quote Originally Posted by SKO View Post
    That all looked pretty normal to me. They look around and move in funny ways sometimes when they are out and about "exploring".
    Thanks for the reassurance. Usually she moves glacially slow when she's exploring but today she was kind of zipping and dipping a lot. I get paranoid easily I guess!
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    Everything looks normal to me. I kept checking the time in the first video waiting for the fast and unpredictable behaviour and never saw it, lol. Totally normal movements.
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    Re: Is she moving strangely?

    Quote Originally Posted by cristacake View Post
    Thanks for the reassurance. Usually she moves glacially slow when she's exploring but today she was kind of zipping and dipping a lot. I get paranoid easily I guess!

    That didn't really seem very zippy to me...

    +1 to normal movement, and one unbalanced periscope.

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    Re: Is she moving strangely?

    So now should I be worried that she's usually too slow?Kidding Thanks guys
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    Re: Is she moving strangely?

    Quote Originally Posted by hazzaram View Post
    Everything looks normal to me. I kept checking the time in the first video waiting for the fast and unpredictable behaviour and never saw it, lol. Totally normal movements.
    My exact thoughts as well.

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    I've had my BP for barely a month but she definitely appears to faster and more curious when she's warm to the touch when I get her out.

    Both videos look fine in my non-expert opinion. Could she have been distracted/intrigued by the camera/phone, or maybe your face was being lit strangely by the very blue backlight from the screen?

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