Ball Python Active and Trying to get out all Day

[Shauri413]

HOW you offer makes all the difference: Wait until evening, dim the lights- BPs are ambush predators, meaning they wait from a hiding place for clueless prey to walk near enough to grab. Never try to feed a snake that's roaming their enclosure, they instinctively avoid feeding in the open & likely to refuse. (In the wild, other predators may catch them while they're distracted with feeding.) Wait for them to be peeking out of their hide in the evening hours...that's usually your signal that they're thinking about prey.

This is great info to have. I re-homed Shauri after the previous owner could no longer take care of her. She used to be taken out of her habitat to be fed. (The previous owner shared other things done to care for the danger noodle that are at odds with the information you and others have been sharing). I understand now this is incredibly stressful to my scaly sweetie.

Since acquiring her, I've been feeding her in her habitat, but wait for her TO be active (thinking she's hungry and looking for food).