ball python

[person2309]

my ball python is always hiding 24/7 all week she eats when its time to eat its 85 degrees in her tank she never come out! not even to take a sip of her water I stay up till six in the morning so I'm pretty sure I would have seen her please help is something wrong with her.

[Scosta56]

A hidden ball is a happy ball. These guys live in termite mounds in Africa. They are underground and hidden majority of their day. Ball pythons are great snakes, but they aren't the best display snakes cause as you are seeing first hand you never see them lol. They are like the pet rock of the snake world. As for not drinking they get majority of their water intake from the prey they eat. If she needs water though she will get it herself. Keep the bowl fresh and she will be fine. Enjoy her and don't worry so much your snake is doing just fine. She is eating she is hidden she is Happy. Good luck with her.

[tttaylorrr]

"a hiding ball is a happy ball," or so i've heard.

if your hot/cool/ambient temps and humidity are correct and she's eating, i wouldn't worry yourself too much. i've only seen my guy drink maybe twice, and he only comes out around 1am. how do you monitor her temps and humidity?

edit: as you can see above, it's a popular saying lol. i posted before i saw the other post.

[CALM Pythons]

[QUOTE=person2309;2496375]my ball python is always hiding 24/7 all week she eats when its time to eat its 85 degrees in her tank she never come out! not even to take a sip of her water I stay up till six in the morning so I'm pretty sure I would have seen her please help is something wrong with her.[/

I have no idea what your setup is and if the snakes in good health. All these things matter as to understand if the snake is stressed, sick ect...Cant call the DR and say you have a stomach ache and get a diagnosis.
All my snakes Hide and thats what makes them happy.

[Meerna]

Yeah, as the others have already said, ball pythons hide most of the time. I have 3 and I rarely see them out and about, they usually sit in their hides all day, and the two oldest sometimes poke their head out a bit and watch me go by, but other than that if I don't open the enclosure I don't usually see more than the bit of their side that I can see through the hide door. That being said, if I get them out Circe wants to go all over my apartment, though Emrys prefers to chill in my lap or around my neck.

[PitOnTheProwl]

Sounds like a normal ball python.

[Vipera Berus]

Sounds exactly like how mine has been, I wouldn't worry about the lack of visible drinking. I was concerned but by pure chance ended up with my ball being on one side of her water bowl and her dinner on the other, she ended up dunking it while eating it so it worked out. I would recommend trying that if your really worried about it - once they have strangled the rodent sopping wet fur doesn't seem to matter at all.