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Originally Posted by Aaron1994
Maybe she swallowed some substrate, I never feed in the enclosure though always in a plastic tub. I also sifted through the Aspen substrate which I found no rotting carcasses lol. She is nesting though? if thats possible lol in the morning her cage is always a mess with mounds of aspen bedding all over the cage and a paper towel which I use to cover the heat pad from coming in direct contact with her has been dragged to the surface. She is also just a year old
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I would definitely put the heating pad
under the enclosure and tweek things if necessary to make absolutely CERTAIN the bottom surface of the enclosure itself (not the substrate on top of it) is kept at about 83-85 on one end
only, and the cool side at an ambient room temp of around the mid 70's like most homes are. This means dialing it in good with an accurate temp probe or thermometer right ON the bottom surface where the snake will be, and maybe even rigging an adjustable rheostat(dimmer) to it, or raise it up slightly with some even sized spacers, etc....In other words, whatever it takes to get the temps right BEFORE the snake is put inside it.
Also a couple low, tight dark hides is extremely important. Then you can see if her behavior is more relaxed by making sure these important factors are met, and simply go from there. If it is too hot, snakes can act very weird like that. It would be like us panicking in the desert sun with no shade in site, desperately seeking better conditions. Snakes usually cruise around very adamantly, and struggle around messing things up if something in the basic husbandry department is not right.
~Doug