General BP Behaviour

[mattchibi]

Since Ive only had my BP since Sunday, Im still not really accustomed to their behaviours and habits.

For the first day or two, i only had one hide and a water bowl to keep it simple. And she never came out once when I was around, although my parents said they saw her coming out once during the day to look around.

After reading on this site, I got a second hide on the cooler side, and after this, i noticed at night when it was awake, it has been more likely to come out of its hide. but even when it does, last night for example i woke up at 4 am, to see Morticia moving around poking her head up as close to the screen top as she could get.

The only few other times i saw her come out of her hide, she was pretty much trying to escape, or i guess she may have been examining her new environment.

For the most part though, between 9 AM and 9 PM i will never see her at all, she stays in the far corner of her hide on the warm side and never comes out. During the night time, i havent really been able to track when she comes out and for how long, but it would be nice to see them a little more active.

I guess if i improved the environment a little (taking out the heat lamp soon, when my thermostat and uth comes) and changed my aspen bedding to coco husks, she might be more inclined to come out of her hide. I have also taped pictures up on 3 sides of the glass tank so she can only see thru the front.

im not exactly "worried" about her, just wanted to make sure this was typical behaviour for a 3 yr old ball python.