Quote Originally Posted by sharilynn View Post
Hey there!
My bp is restless...I think it is because it is too hot for her, she seems to like it a little cooler. I put a uth under the cool side a week or so ago; her substrate is the coconut husk, is a thick layer & since it is a wooden enclosure, I put the uth underneath the enclosure itself so I know that its not hot, her temps are (and I swear this is how she likes it, If I make it any warmer she doesn't stop moving from side to side) 85 warm, 78 cool (and she NEVER hangs out on the warm side unless she is just passing by)...humidity is good at 67-69. Since my cats love to sit and watch her moving around for hours, I covered her enclosure with a towel & now she is laying on top of her hide on the cool side, she does not like the warmth on her belly, I swear!! She has been this way since I got her about 7 or 8 years ago. So, how about it? I know some are gonna think I'm out there, but I've had her a long time with no illnesses & have tried everything to make her comfortable...remember, this is the snake that laid eggs last year with no male around (parthenogenesis). Oh, yeah, she eats like a champ.
Okay, so this is interesting and I'd love to have more background on your snake: WC? CB by whom? How'd they keep her? Did you get her as a baby? Etc.

I keep reading different research suggesting that these snakes are highly adaptable and not the highly breakable objects that we treat them as. They are found in several different environments on the African continents including mangrove swamps!! Yes, that's right: Not all python regius' live in termite mounds though it seems that gravid females seek out the mounds (when available) for the safety that they provide for the eggs. Males prefer low climbing to strictly terrestrial life.

Anyway, I would think that along with the different environments would come a propensity to adapt to different temperature ranges. Perhaps your snake came from such a line and if WC or if first generation CB (or close to it) is still adaptive to these (relative) cooler temps. I find it very difficult to believe that there is a "one size fits all" mentality to the keeping of these snakes and I have found differences in just the few that I keep.

Thank you for sharing your snake's environmental preferences with us (some might argue that it was very brave of you ) and please, if you have time, maybe you could fill us in on her background.