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sudden change in hiding place

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junji98

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hello again
rocky is doing fine and is has consumed 2 pinkies in 1 sitting. we are finishing this last batch of pinkies and will probably move him up to fuzzies. girth at the widest part of his body is just about the size of my small finger.

anyways, for some reason, he has shifted his hiding place from the small cave he used to enjoy, to the vines at the top of the enclosure. does this reflect something wrong with the temp/humidity or perhaps just snake preferene???

my temp above the substrate is around 77 on the warm side (using an UTH) but i can jack this up as necessary with an overhead light too. he is feeding well so i am hoping conditions inside the tank are right...

thanks!
 
Snakes do what they do, So they change favorite spots once in awhile but..
what are you using to take your temperatures?? You state your temperatures "above" the substrate are 77 degrees. Maybe the temperatures below or in the substrate are too hot for him. Do you have a thermometer with a probe and do you use a retrostate with the UTH to regulate it??.
 
I have a trio in small vivs [1oGals] and they all started on the vines. Kinda funny, 'cause sometimes the suction cups will let go, and anthromorphism makes me wonder if they cuss when they fall into the substrate. . .

. . . but they also take tours around the borders, run down for water, hang out in their hides and even curl up for a nap under the leaves hanging down in the substrate from their perch- all at different intervals. But a lot of the movement is when I'm asleep and the room is dark, so I have to wake up to see it.

With a proper probe-style thermometer to make sure the floor of the viv isn't scalding/cooking hot [unlikely- most UTH's will heat only about half of the glass floor, and with proper airflow there's still plenty of real estate to find a cool spot] you can rest assured that your corn just wants to hang out in trees.

Which goes right along with the statement that once your new friend becomes comfortable in his surroundings he/she'll come out and explore and experience more of their world ;]

Silly beasts, aren't they?
 
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