It seems the curiosity about their surroundings is universal. If so much as clean the cage, every inch then has to be explored before settling into a hide. Plus with my little plastic hides, it's cute how my girl will move it to exactly the spot she wants over the UTH every time (usually smushed right up against the glass).
Quorra is my only BP who doesn't live in the rack and is in a T8 in my bedroom. She is my most personable snake and always comes poking out of her hide if she hears someone in the room. If I open the door to her cage, she'll come crawling right out onto my arm or the floor.
Once I accidentally let a live small rat get free in my room that I had been bringing to her. My bedroom is pretty big, and I could hear the rat scurrying from corner to corner hiding behind my couch, then desk, dresser, etc. Quorra's little face was smushed up against the glass because she smelled it, so I decided to let her out to help me. I set her down in the middle of the room and she was like a rat detector. Wherever the rat was, she'd start slowly moving towards it, then change direction when it ran. Finally, I got it narrowed down into one corner of my room and I could see it under my dresser. I set Quorra down in the gap between my dresser and the couch and then went to the other side of the dresser and poked my head down. Before I could even see under there, I heard the brief squeal of the rat being taken and when I looked down, there was Quorra with the rat wrapped up with all her coils and it was lights out within seconds for the little ratter. I picked her up while she still had it in the death grip and put her back in her cage where she then unwound and gobbled the rat down. I felt like if she had arms, I'd have to give her a high five for that teamwork.
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