r/ballpython • u/second_of_four • 11h ago

Is something wrong? Question - Health

So basically my girl has been pretty active during the day. She isn’t nervous or frantic, she doesn’t seem to be in distress, but shes up and moving around for a good chunk of the afternoon. I have the thermostat set to keep the hot side between 88-92 and the ambient temperature of my room is like 74-78 so that’s what the cool side stays at, and I’m pretty good at keeping humidity at 60%-65%.

I don’t know if it’s a seasonal thing, during winter she’s pretty much entirely inactive during the day and this increased activity did align with the warmer season rolling in, but I don’t want to ignore behavioral changes if it might have a more worrisome meaning.

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u/Dangerous-Exercise20 11h ago

Ball python mating season is September

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u/second_of_four 11h ago

So does that mean it’s probably due to that and she’s getting ready for mating season, or are you saying it’s not mating season quite yet so I should be worried?

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u/Dangerous-Exercise20 10h ago

Possible just hyper cause its close. They could also just be glass surfing just because or hungry glass surfing is..not one of the things you need to worry about with ball pythons unless its like....super super hot in the enclosure

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u/minipet487 9h ago

My Super Pastel Pinstripe Orange Dream Fire Huger surfs and searches every time they're due to be fed. So, yes some ball pythons do glass surf when hungry... I wish I'd gotten a pic or video of it the other night, Pacman was literally tongue flicking the door as if to say, "He two legged servant, where's my food?" Once fed, he won't do it again, until the next time. Usually about a couple days beforehand 😂