BP Activity

[Bogertophis]

Is it better to see your ball python come out at night, or is it better to see them always hiding? People seem to have different opinions. Some say when they are out moving around that means they are stressed from something and others say it’s good when they come out. Which is true? I’m just wondering because my little guy has always came out around 8pm ever since I got him, and he’d usually knock everything over and go all around until around 2-3 am. He’d do this every night unless it was 48 hours after I fed him. I haven’t fed him in a week and he’s been hidden all day and all night since then. He hasn’t been coming out at night like he used to. I’m just wondering if this is better than when he would come out every night, or if there’s possibly something wrong. Could he be going into shed? I handled him 2 days ago and his eyes were not foggy.


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Normal for BPs to be active at night, & hiding by day. "Stressed" would be active during the day. Some demolish their furnishings more than others, that's life.

Hiding more than usual means he's not looking for food, which means yes, he's probably going into shed cycle. If you're worried, you can "peek"- & have a small flashlight in hand to shine on his eyes if you want to be really certain, since sometimes the "cloudiness" is hard to see otherwise. I wouldn't worry... Snakes "know" (feel) a shed coming before we can see the evidence.