Ball pythons like to come out at night and explore, well at least mine does and always has. He will inspect every corner of his enclosure and will try to escape, that is normal behavior for a ball python, as long as it's late/night time. I find they can stress out a bit having each side of the tank exposed, so I recommend getting a background for at least the back side to make him feel a little bit more secure. I'm pretty sure him laying like that just means he is comfortable and doesn't feel like he needs to hide. If this is during the day I'd find it a bit odd unless he is starting a shed, for some reason I've seen many ball pythons like to sit outside their hides when they are in shed mode. You have a very cute snake.
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