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Q: Ball Python psycotic break?
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hupababy83

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Yoda
Yoda's tank conditions are the same as when i got her 3 years ago, although i upgraded her tank a few months back, but her behavior has nevr changed. She has always had very beautiful sheds and a great appetite, even when i bumped her large f/t mouse to small f/t rat. She never changed, just got fatter (She so cute and pudgy) ANYWAYS I was doing my beading and out of the corner of my eye I say Yoda flipping over her house, dumping her water bowl and throwing her shavings everywhere!! Yoda is now curled up in a loose ball on top of her upside down house, sleeping, as if she has no care in the world! She just gave be a perfect shed 2 days ago with eye caps intact with shed skin! Has anyone ever seen this before? Did my BP have a mental break or what? Any info is great.

Points: 50
Topics: General Health
Tags: BP
Species: Pythons > Pythons > Python regius
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Accepted Answer 11/12/2009 8:37:26 PM

shellboa
Sounds to me like she was simply having a (pardon the pun) hissy fit.  Perhaps she had a little burst of energy and since she couldn't "go outside and play" she burned it off re-decorating. Or maybe she was just searching for that elusive tunnel to China....
 
Author Comment 11/12/2009 8:39:05 PM

hupababy83
LOL the tunnel Nate is always looking for huh? LOL
 
Member Comment 11/12/2009 9:19:00 PM

Mintsiez
yea mine dose this like almost every night he seems to like his house better upside down and his vines all over the floor
 
Member Comment 11/12/2009 9:24:32 PM

Sonja K. Reptiles
Even the best of children act out on occasion! LOL
 
Member Comment 11/12/2009 9:35:18 PM

iashia
thats true, kayloh always rips her vines off the tank wall and flips over her bucket
 
Member Comment 11/12/2009 10:12:23 PM

Mintsiez
yea i just gave up trying to put them back up he dosnt realize there decorations not climb toys
 
Member Comment 11/13/2009 8:51:49 AM

abi21491
My male ball python Randal always flips his hide and sleeps on top, lol.
 
Member Comment 11/13/2009 11:01:27 AM

Mintsiez
same here he sleeps with it flipped over and on top of it more than he sleeps in it
 
Member Comment 11/13/2009 4:59:51 PM

Sony Raju
maybe yodas just hungry!:)
 
Member Comment 11/13/2009 10:44:41 PM

gfx
Who doesn't like to move the furniture around from time to time?
 
Member Comment 11/14/2009 1:09:18 PM

aSnakeLovinBabe
My cinnabun does this. Sometimes I will walk in and he is just crawling speedily all over the place and shoving everything around. He is one of those extremely extroverted bp's that is extremely outgoing and has absolutely no fear of people. I have noticed that the BP's that are like that from the beginning are far more active than your average BP's.
 
Author Comment 11/14/2009 4:23:07 PM

hupababy83
Nah can't be hungry I just feed her 2 days prior. I think she just wants a man LOL
 
Member Comment 11/14/2009 10:26:54 PM

iatro
Haha could be, my gold hog usually spends most of his time just sleeping, but in spring he spends all day every day bonking his face along the sides of his tub and flipping over everything...
 
Member Comment 11/15/2009 11:14:05 AM

Synath
My sister's suriname did that the other day out of the blue.  But when she pulled her out to check her over, it  turned out she had a piece of bedding caught just up under a belly scale and was removing it the only way she could by whipping her body about. 
 
Member Comment 11/15/2009 11:43:33 AM

JohnJohn
I've had both carpets and BPs act quite crazy at a certain age.  This was more with the males.  I think they were horny and were just being horny teenagers.  Maybe she's lookin for love!
 
Member Comment 11/15/2009 12:05:10 PM

Damiens daddy ken
I think we have all had a snake do this,at least those of us who have had snake for awhile it probably was just a burst of energy and didn't have anything better to do.Or it could be the he was just throughing a temper tantrum something could of pissed him off and he decided to just through things around for a while,
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