How long is too long without having gone onto the heat pad/source for a snake?
I got my first snake this week, a beautiful ~5 month old Jungle girl, and I thought she was doing really well up till last night. I opened the click-clack for a water change and lifted her warm end hide to check for poop, at which point she shot out of the tub like a bullet. I had both hands full so wasn't quick at grabbing her, and she 'sprinted' to the back end of the surface. I just managed to grab the end of her tail slightly, but let go quickly because she was far too strong willed to let herself get lifted by the tail, and I didn't want to cause any damage.
She ended up on the floor, and I used tongs to finally coordinate her getting back in the tub, although she made a couple more attempts.
She then spent roughly 45 minutes - 1 hour circling the tub looking for an exit, before she finally calmly entered the cool end hide and curled up slowly, and I thought she had calmed down and let her be in peace. Checking up from the exterior of the enclosure throughout the evening, I was already somewhat concerned that she wasn't shifting at all from that cool hide, and put a pillow case over the tub to darken things as much as possible.
I let her be, went to sleep and just hoped she would feel the need to thermoregulate herself during the night and move about freely.
I checked now, and she simply hasn't moved, which by my calculations is roughly 16 hours without heating herself, which goes against all her previous movements so far.
I got my first snake this week, a beautiful ~5 month old Jungle girl, and I thought she was doing really well up till last night. I opened the click-clack for a water change and lifted her warm end hide to check for poop, at which point she shot out of the tub like a bullet. I had both hands full so wasn't quick at grabbing her, and she 'sprinted' to the back end of the surface. I just managed to grab the end of her tail slightly, but let go quickly because she was far too strong willed to let herself get lifted by the tail, and I didn't want to cause any damage.
She ended up on the floor, and I used tongs to finally coordinate her getting back in the tub, although she made a couple more attempts.
She then spent roughly 45 minutes - 1 hour circling the tub looking for an exit, before she finally calmly entered the cool end hide and curled up slowly, and I thought she had calmed down and let her be in peace. Checking up from the exterior of the enclosure throughout the evening, I was already somewhat concerned that she wasn't shifting at all from that cool hide, and put a pillow case over the tub to darken things as much as possible.
I let her be, went to sleep and just hoped she would feel the need to thermoregulate herself during the night and move about freely.
I checked now, and she simply hasn't moved, which by my calculations is roughly 16 hours without heating herself, which goes against all her previous movements so far.
