Hey,
my name is Jessica and I have a boyfriend named TJ, he purchased a ball python from a local "Creature Comforts" here in New York. She is approximately ten monthes old and has already had more adventures than most. The day after we got her back to the house she went on a 8 week extravaganza! She is in a 25 gallon tank with a top that is a metal screen with like solid "flips" over the sides that wraps around the tank. I have family in which have owned ball pythons previously and never thought twice to weigh down the top, they must have just been great snakes because Lucy, our current snake is an excape artist. After she was found on the stairs of the house, she was put back into her tank and fed, she was nice for about 2 months after that with us not having a second guess that she was a sweetheart. Well lately, she has changed our minds while striking and just acting very tempermental. Is this normal? From what I have read I think we should just start taking her out every day once or twice and just letting her do her own thing, but if there is anything else that you can think of let me know

I'll be posting pictures soon!
Thanks for reading,
Jessica& TJ