Left home, snake is acting weird

[ApathyAngel]

I'm as puzzled as you are. I suggest you have your husband open an account on the forum and post his questions directly to us. Pics of Jeffrey's set up might help.

I made that suggestion to my husband and he thinks it's a good idea. I was able to get home and check on everything, and her tank is fine, she's fine, she ate without hesitation when I fed her. Hubs is definitely opening his own account on the forum, and will ask any questions he has, until he gets more experience. I added a pic of her setup.



It's an Exo Terra tank, 36x18x12, and she's been in that for the last 5-ish years or so, ever since she outgrew her smaller tank. I use a UTH and a ceramic heater, both on thermostats. I've got a digital temp/humidity gauge on either side of the tank, as well as a spot-thermometer to check her basking spot, just in front of her hide.

I uncovered the cold side for the picture, but usually the far corner on the cold side of her tank is covered to serve as her cold hide, and I've got a humidity box that I shove in there when she's in blue, but she almost never uses it (except to poop in. She likes to poop in that. Better than her water dish, I guess). Sheds in one piece 95% of the time, she's always been a good shedder and good eater. She's a hair under 5 feet long and weighs 2200 grams.

I wouldn't overthink it.
She may have developed follicles/ova and they are making her uncomfortable-This is the time for it (in my area).
My large females like to float in their water bowls when this happens.
Time will sort that out.

That's a good point. I was able to get home and check on her, and she was more than eager to eat this time, so it might have just been discomfort last week, or maybe just some random little thing I started overthinking because I wasn't here to check on her myself. Thank you!

Maybe her attitude is the result of being a female named Jeffery? (Yes, I'm kidding )

I don't think snakes recognize faces so much, but maybe our overall shape/size and SCENT- & even the way we move? You (your family) could try putting a worn article of your clothing in with her & see if that makes her calmer, & reassured?

I kinda do think she "misses you"- she is "comforted by your familiar presence" at any rate. But a meal skipped here & there won't hurt anything & you'll be home soon anyway- I wouldn't worry.

I appreciate this. Lol, she's a weirdo, she needed a weird name. She actually didn't have a name for a long time. The kid who owned her as a hatchling gave her a name, and that's what we used at the vet and stuff, but it never really fit her and I didn't use it at home. She kinda grew into Jeffrey.

She was totally vicious when I first got her, and I spent years and years working with her, getting her to the point that I trust her around my kid. She's come a long way from the neurotic little psycho I brought home, and I like to think she and I have come to an understanding of each other and developed a lot of trust. Maybe she does miss me, or at least some version of that. I don't like anthropomorphizing animals, but it's always been clear that she knows me and trusts me. I've gotten very good at reading her body language, and it's rewarding as hell when I pull her out of her tank and she immediately relaxes because she knows me and knows she's safe.

I got home for Mother's Day and checked everything. She's healthy, she's fine, her setup is fine, and I just fed her a few minutes ago and she struck immediately. I probably am overthinking this, and she'll be fine. I'll try the idea of putting an article of clothing in with her. Ended up having to do that with my dog, and it seemed to help. Can't hurt to try.

I was reading through your previous posts about Jeffrey and notice that the atypical is typical for Jeffrey, and hide flipping isn't unprecedented. I wonder if, maybe, since you aren't there, you're imagining things to be worse than they are. It's not just Jeffrey's first time without you, but also you're first time without Jeffrey. So, it's perfectly natural for you to worry.

Lol, yeah, she's a weird one. You're almost certainly right. I came home and double checked everything, and she's completely fine. It's just me being worried because I've never left her alone before. She's a jerk, but she's *my* jerk, and I adore her. I know I'm just worried and possibly a little anxious because I miss the little brat.

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