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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...
0.1 Mahogany Ball Python - 'Donuts'
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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?
 Originally Posted by T_Sauer
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
0.1 Mahogany Ball Python - 'Donuts'
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Re: Is she moving strangely?
 Originally Posted by SKO
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!
0.1 Mahogany Ball Python - 'Donuts'
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Re: Is she moving strangely?
 Originally Posted by cristacake
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
0.1 Mahogany Ball Python - 'Donuts'
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Re: Is she moving strangely?
 Originally Posted by hazzaram
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.
Relax and enjoy your Donuts!
The one thing I found that you can count on about Balls is that they are consistent about their inconsistentcy.
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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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