Quote Originally Posted by SUDISTIK View Post
i thank everybody for their help and their advice on how to situate the snake and its enviroment if it begins to be stressed but i have a question to ask...whe i got the snake it came home with me in this little pet container, and didnt have any kind of hide.
What sort of pet container?


the snake would be coiled up in different spots during the day but it would also be active in the space it had during the day,if it was stressed with that space would it go off feed?
You have to describe the set up. Are there hides available? The ball python will usually try to hide the best it can. But if it needs to thermo regulate, you will see them doing this as well at different periods through the day.

is it possible to just have an active ball python?
It's a general rule of thumb when it comes to Balls and a few other snakes, that when they are constantly active, they are stressed. It's pretty different at night, all my snakes come out at night and start cruising their tubs. They will do it all night. If I pull them out during the day, or open there tub for any reason, they will start to cruise around again. That's just my snakes though.

Someone with hundreds of snakes or years of experience will be able to say if it is or is not possible to just have "a more active BP."

Also, how long has the snake been in the enclosure. Usually I let them settle for 2 weeks before we offer food. With the tubs though, I will offer a rat the next feeding day for any new snake, because generally they will take it. Sometimes they dont, but I just throw the rat back till next time.