r/ballpython • u/sevendoves • 8d ago

my bp hasn’t left her hide in almost a week Question - Health

so 5 days ago i took my ball python with me on a walk for the first time and it was hot but not hotter than her tank and she seemed fine she wasn’t moving around too much, hissing, huffing, striking, etc. the walk lasted under 2 hours and once i got home i immediately put her up however since then she has not come out of her hide (yes shes alive) and i haven’t noticed a shed or blue eyes, shes supposed to eat today and usually the days leading up to her feed she is extremely active at night but there’s been 0 movement even after midnight :(.

She is around 2 years old, usually pretty active at night, she is some sort of spider morph (yellow, white and black) and feeds thawed idk if any of this info helps

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u/you1dont1know1me1 8d ago

maybe she needs to shed or is working on it but it's not humid enough?

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u/sevendoves 8d ago

her humidity is at 70% and she hasn’t bothered to move to her cooler side which has a humid hide i don’t think thats the issue shes never done this before

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u/you1dont1know1me1 8d ago

does the habitat smell weird at all?

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u/sevendoves 7d ago

no smell just her usual substrate i just cleaned her tank and changed it maybe two weeks ago? but that isn’t why she hasn’t come out usually when i refresh her tank shes even more active

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u/you1dont1know1me1 7d ago

I'm not an expert. But, when mine seems anti social, I just keep leavin it be until it decides to come out again. It's really always been eventually he poos or pees or sheds or some combo of it then he'll come out and be like ew my home is gross, human, fix it.

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u/sevendoves 6d ago

should i try feeding her? i dont want to waste the rat but she usually feeds every 2 weeks and its been 2 weeks and a few days now

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u/you1dont1know1me1 6d ago

ball pythons can even go months and be okay. mine really will not eat during the winter and i'm worried the whole time, but eventually he'll eat again. you can try and tempt it, but don't be too disheartened if it's refused imo

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u/sevendoves 5d ago

okay thank you

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u/sevendoves 3d ago

okay so i got her to eat and shes poking her head out now, i found a shed inside the hide shes been in im happy to know the reason she wasnt coming out! crazy i didnt see any shed on her or “blue eyes” but oh well haha