MAN do I have some good stories for my ball python Phantom. My friends affectionately refer to him as a himbo because although he's very docile and sweet (and has even won over friends and family who used to be very nervous around snakes), he is...not a shining example of reptile intelligence.
Phantom has a high ledge in his enclosure. He likes to climb up there and chill at night. One time after handling him, I was putting him back and he reeeeeached for his ledge, so I set him up there. He was content for a few minutes before wanting down. Now, he's mostly curled on top of his ledge, but he stretches his neck out slowly to survey his climbing down options. Another ledge slightly lower down to his right--yes, ok, he's marked that as an option. There's also a log that points up to his ledge--he taps that with his nose and clocks it as another option. Two valid ways to climb down. So he gathers up his coils, and promptly yeets himself off the ledge by just rolling off the side, rather than climbing down. When he lands (on his substrate, only like a foot down), he seemed shocked, like he could not comprehend what just happened. Why ledge mean to Phantom? Surprise pikachu face!
He's a sweetie but boy he's not clever lol
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