Wiggles, the Children's Python

[Bogertophis]

Maybe he used them sooner when you weren't looking? But I'm glad you finally caught him in the act-

[Homebody]

Maybe he used them sooner when you weren't looking? But I'm glad you finally caught him in the act-

Yeah, without lights it's tough to see what goes on in the back of the enclosure, let alone, what goes on at night when I'm asleep. Soon, I'm going to get a security camera to spy on him at night. I'm really looking forward to that.

Another reason I think I don't see him use them more is that he doesn't need to. He only has 14.5" of height in the upper terrarium, so he doesn't need much help to climb up. He could probably periscope directly into his sky hide. One day, when I have more room, I'll build him an enclosure with more space to climb.

[Homebody]

I finally got a camera for Wiggles's enclosure.



I'm hoping that it will help me learn how he uses his enclosure. Does he prefer the warm or cool side? The tub or the terrarium? Which furniture does he prefer? Under what circumstances? With this information, I can modify his enclosure to better suit his needs.

Of course, I can't get the camera to work though. That would just be too easy. I've managed to modify the mount so I can attach it to the pegboard, but the motion detector isn't sensitive enough to pick up on Wiggles's movement. I fear that it's not designed to pick up movement so close to the camera. I'll try moving it outside the enclosure. If that doesn't work, I might have to try reading the user manual. Hopefully, it won't come to that.

[Bogertophis]

Oh NO! NOT the Users Manual! I hope you get this to work though, I think it's a great idea to see what he's up to when you're not looking, for the reasons you gave. I hope the reason it won't pick up the motion is not due to the smooth way that snakes have of moving.

[Nutriaitch]

According to Serpwidgets, Wiggles shrank 0.08 inches last quarter. On 10/4/23, he measured 2', 11.53". Tonight, he measured 2', 11.45".


While I'm a Serpwidgets booster, even I wouldn't say it's accurate to within a tenth of an inch. So, I'm going to conclude that the change in Wiggles's length this quarter was negligible. He's still under 3 feet.

I never heard of this site before now.
it's pretty awesome!

according to that, Ragnar is a hair under 2 foot.

[Homebody]

I never heard of this site before now.
it's pretty awesome!

according to that, Ragnar is a hair under 2 foot.

Measuring a snake's length is notoriously difficult. This is the best tool I've found. I hope you have fun with it. At 2 feet, Ragnar's got a lot of growing left to do.

[Homebody]

Hoorah! The camera has a time lapse feature that works great.



Took pictures at 30 second intervals from 9:18 PM last night to 5:17 AM this morning. What did I learn? Wiggles spent 3 hours on his ledge, ducked into his tub for 10 minutes, and returned to his sky hide for the rest of the night (5 hours). The whole video is only a minute long, and only took up 100 MB out of 64 G of memory. I'm so excited about all that I can learn.

[Bogertophis]

That's outstanding!

[Nutriaitch]

At 2 feet, Ragnar's got a lot of growing left to do.

I hope so.

I got him in march from a Pet Store.
not sure how old he was when I got him, but assuming relatively young.

[Malum Argenteum]

That's pretty cool.

Would you share a link or details on the camera you're using, in case someone considers buying one? Asking for a friend, of course...