Happened to stay up later than usual and decided to see what the snakes were up to at 10:30pm . Lights go out at 8pm ,except for 1 nightlight led thats kind of a moonglow yellow/green i leave on 24/7 so i don't trip over anything . i kept the lights off and i have a red LED bar light that i use to watch them some times if they are out.
Sure enough my Hog island male was cruising around , its day 7 of his 10 day mealtime so i'm sure he was looking for rat. I watched him for a good 20 minutes , temps were on nitedrop so it was down to 76 but he was very active , watched him drink and prowl . Finally he saw me and stopped and stared at me for a good 2 minutes , then kept inching towards the sliding glass and sat there. I slid his door open a bit and he pokes his head out , " you has rat? " look with tongue flicking so i reached my hand out so he could get a taste ... but no rat. I kept my hand out and he climbed out for a bit and wrapped on my arm to warm up I'm sure then after 15 minutes i put him back.
While I'm dealing with him , i see movement in the rainbows tub. Now I rarley see him active day or night except for welfare checks or exercise/feeding . he is in a 105 qrt tub , as he is still little yet . He has 3 peices of 6 foot lengths of flukers vine/leaf cover in the tub with cypress and it is very jungle like with lots of cover and and places to climb . So BRB is out cruising , he is due to eat in 3 days also and i had just changed his water after dinner. i got to watch him drink and then coil up in the water for a bit , then he cruised around maybe looking for a fuzzy . i opened his tub and picked him up and let him cruise my hand , he was not nippy at all , very active and calm. Feels good to see them drink which is rare , and im glad they are not so bored and their enclosures keep them busy and happy. I must be doing some thing right !
i was so great to see them in action at night and so rare, pure joy for me and this is why i have snakes .
Get up late , get a red flashlight and go watch your snakes !
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