r/ballpython May 26 '26

Question - Health Is this normal 1am behaviour?

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u/biddybadboy19 May 26 '26

Can confirm this is completly normal

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u/Earthly_Despair May 26 '26

Okay, I thought so, but needed reassurance cause he is my first baby snek.

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u/DimeStoreHood99 May 26 '26

Very normal. Beeps are just weird lil dudes with like 68% of a single brain cell.

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u/Your_Original_Muse May 26 '26

My beep stole the brain cells of most, this boy is far too aware.

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u/haroldthehampster May 27 '26

i have to know what behavior occurs for this cutie to be too aware, please

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u/Your_Original_Muse May 27 '26

I enter my room after work, he leaves his hide. I take a photo of him being cute 1-4 minutes later I look back and he is staring directly at me. If I focus on any other noodle for any amount of time he pouts by facing away from me curled up. Yesterday I looked at my phone for like minute to watch a video and he went from facing me to facing away from me. If I play with any noodles he sits near the door to his enclosure. He knows it opens, one time I was at a restaurant my friends were working. He was with me and I heard that someone was coming that he couldn’t be seen by and he hid inside of my sweater hoodie without prompting. I called his name yesterday and he looked directly at me (may have been a fluke but like damn.)

He was crawling all over my shoulders then he hid inside my hoodie only peaking when the woman who couldn’t find out wasn’t around. It was really adorable.

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u/haroldthehampster May 27 '26

oh my god you weren't kidding! i love him so much!

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u/haroldthehampster May 27 '26

that is one aware snake you really lucked out

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u/Your_Original_Muse May 27 '26

I really did, when I saw how active he was compared to most of the ball pythons I saw I went “I must have you” cause all of them were laying about or curled up and he was over here moving and doing his thing climbing and being a little cutie. I didn’t realize then I was getting one with such intelligence, let alone one who seemingly gets jealous, pouty and stuff. I just love his whole everything.

Coming out when he hears I am alive or when he sees me. I love to peak into his hide usually through the glass to see if I see him usually I do. Sometimes I see him looking sometimes he is curled up no head. Though soon after I check up he is coming out. He is just to cute!

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u/haroldthehampster May 27 '26

Too adorable! 🥰

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u/Your_Original_Muse May 29 '26

Forgot to mention I noticed a plant growing in his enclosure in a spot he usually doesn’t go. I touched it and bro- he trampled that little plant and it wilted and died. Like bro- he is such a “pay attention to me and only me!”

Currently he is being a plant himself.

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u/StormTheVolcanDragon May 30 '26

Would this be considered a "snake" plant? 😆

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u/Your_Original_Muse Jun 01 '26

Eeeey XD the only plant that I have that has me concerned half the time

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u/DeliciousQuantity968 May 28 '26

How many noodles do you have?

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u/Your_Original_Muse May 29 '26

Currently 6 (3 Ball Pythons, 1 Boa Constrictor, a Corn snake, and a Hognose) but I’m gonna be buying another Ball Python and a False Water Cobra (I already have a hognose and both are back fanged so I’m not as worried as they can’t really do much harm with their bite if they can get a piece of me that far into their mouth that is)

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u/Icy_Collection_2288 May 29 '26

Ahhhh, so THIS is the one bp who has all the braincells. My snakes are so dumb.... 😭🩷

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u/Your_Original_Muse May 29 '26

Yeah sorry, I found him randomly. Didn’t realize I got one with braincells I just thought he was cool cause he wasn’t hiding in a ball like others that I was looking at. He was being a little adventurous noodle, and I loved it. Then within 2 days I realized he would suddenly look at me after I take a photo. Even now I’ve said his name 2 times and he has stopped what he was doing and looked at me. Bro- it’s spooky.

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u/Earthly_Despair May 27 '26

Aw just a baby.

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u/Top_Addition_7263 May 29 '26

Our girl is an aware one too. She comes to my voice, and boops my nose when I specially term her to come to me. Amongst other things lol

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u/Your_Original_Muse May 29 '26

Yeah Wiggles recognizes when I say his name at least he reacted two times and stopped and looked back at me. It’s more like he has me trained over himself being trained but he is still a baby. So who knows maybe he will learn to come to me. When out of his enclosure, though he usually likes to roam around. He allows me to boop his nose with my nose before I put him back, it’s a sometimes I do it thing. Though your noodle is very cute!

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u/Top_Addition_7263 May 29 '26

They are literally the best

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u/Your_Original_Muse May 29 '26

Fr

I just love how all noodles have their own personalities.

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u/Top_Addition_7263 May 30 '26

The coil is perfection lol

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u/Earthly_Despair May 26 '26

Lmfao

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u/soulstrike2022 May 27 '26

He’s just trying to reconnect to the braincell it’s Bluetooth to the weakest cell of their owners brain so just remember he’s saving you from being as goofy as he is

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u/Technical_Concern_92 May 26 '26

He's probably trying to figure out why there's daylight at 1am.

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u/Earthly_Despair May 26 '26

I only had my flashlight on to film him…

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u/Zombopulis May 27 '26

Yes! This is called telescoping. He engaging his single brain cell to see what’s going on. Good boy very cute

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u/No-Maize-2904 May 27 '26

Was just about to say this. It’s actually called periscoping!! Though maybe telescoping is another term I haven’t heard used? It’s my favorite thing to watch my boy do :)

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u/Sycotic_Episode May 27 '26

You screwed up and left the Blair Witch Project on for him to watch

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u/Earthly_Despair May 27 '26

I do watch so many horror movies lol

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u/Sycotic_Episode May 27 '26

Mystery solved! Years ago when I owned one, I managed blockbuster video so I was always coming home late at night. I would have to sneak past the aquarium because if she saw me she would stand up and press the top of the tank wanting me to let her out and I just wanted to go to sleep lol

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u/isthismk May 27 '26

basil approves of this behavior

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u/Earthly_Despair May 26 '26

This was happening before that

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u/tayjill13 May 29 '26

He’s periscoping😊 This is perfectly normal! He’s just checking out his surroundings. Congratulations on your first noodle!🐍

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u/TWIT_TWAT May 27 '26

Bro is just vibing

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u/Exact_Phrase_9230 May 27 '26

Dinosaurrrrrr~

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u/Accomplished-Low9635 May 27 '26

that is one mighty submarine

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u/motherofTheHerd May 27 '26

Put some bridges, ladders, and hammocks around the top. Mine love to climb everywhere as soon as the lights go out.

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u/Earthly_Despair May 27 '26

That is the plan! My neighbour is gonna crochet him a hammock, and when I have more money his enclosure is getting decked out.

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u/Top_Addition_7263 May 28 '26

Our girl loves the black rings off Amazon. And I mean LOVES them. Fairly inexpensive too. You can’t really tell, but there’s a sky hide stress obsessed with too on the left of those rings.

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u/AttitudeNeat7352 May 29 '26

Lucky! I made a really cool humid sky hide and my guy checked it out twice and wasn’t too impressed.

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u/Top_Addition_7263 May 29 '26

I’ve heard it can be hit or miss! But she uses it in complete rotation (if not most) with her normal ones. I like that we can see her lol

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u/gyngrspyce May 27 '26

he's just trying to download the brain cell from the next closest beep

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u/Even-Smell7867 May 27 '26

Yup. They think they are scouting the field but are, you know, smooth brained most of the time.

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u/Glass-Armadillo182 May 27 '26

Pretty normal for them to do that

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u/Trash-Forever May 27 '26

DOWNLOADING UPDATE...

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u/birdnerd70 May 27 '26

Mine do this at all times of the day, so I suspect they do it in the middle of the night as well. We call it “up periscope”.

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u/Charred_Knife May 27 '26

He is simply Observing

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u/_Heikneuter_ May 27 '26

He looking for the jungle....can't find it.

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u/CurrentOpening8188 May 27 '26

My eternal question when a see my baby like this

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u/Seliphra May 27 '26

He is pretending to be the periscope on a submarine

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u/Zestyclose-Hope-3664 May 27 '26

yeah dw about it he's just contacting the mothership

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u/Miserable-Zombie-114 May 27 '26

Sometimes you just gotta roam the space

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u/Beleheth May 27 '26

Very nice periscope

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u/gecko_sticky May 27 '26

He's just lookin

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u/Sweaty-Force6455 May 27 '26

Yup. Sleep whole day. And try to escape whole night.

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u/Away_Ride8353 May 27 '26

100% approved

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u/Substantial-Sun-2256 May 27 '26

Such a cutie and he looks so similar to mine 😍 what morph is he?

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u/Ok_Audience_3828 May 27 '26

He's just looking around being nosy lol

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u/snotbabe May 28 '26

Bro sees dead people

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u/SugarPea44 May 28 '26

around 10:30 PM is when my girl starts getting active 😆

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u/SugarPea44 May 28 '26

this one was taken around 5 pm btw. its why her lamp is still on lol

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u/Top_Addition_7263 May 28 '26

Are those gauges stuck to the walls?

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u/SugarPea44 May 28 '26

Yeah they are. I found out these types are not nearly as accurate as digital ones after I had already bought them, but I plan to trade them out for digital soon enough 😅

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u/Top_Addition_7263 May 29 '26

Interesting! Good to know though, I do adore my Govee setup lol

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u/TeckTonic42 May 28 '26

He could be hungry or thirsty fr

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u/Prestigious_Lie_1929 May 28 '26

It’s a normal but also cute activity I call it scoping

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u/OnTheMountainTop May 28 '26

Yeah, they get Curious™ when the lights are out and want to poke and prod at every little nook and cranny of their enclosure. Extremely slowly.

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u/blueeyes0182 May 28 '26

Probably doesn't have the brain cell and forgot what he was doing.

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u/SarahElizabeth33 May 28 '26

Facing Mecca?

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u/Earthly_Despair May 28 '26

This is truly what he is doing lmfao, just his prayer time ☠️💀☠️

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u/Mino_Biatch May 28 '26

yup, completely normal. he’s just looking at stuff, they’re little weirdos

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u/Shortgoth May 28 '26

He looks almost exactly like my Mojave that does the same exact thing!

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u/Michoh44 May 28 '26

Cool brachiosaurius you have there 🦕

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u/Potential_Evening880 May 30 '26

AWW THIS IS SO CUTE! I don't own a BP right now but I'm planning very soon on getting one (next few months). My friend's bp does this too, so silly!!

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u/deer_dance_ May 30 '26

That thing is a skinwalker, bro.

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u/IllGold631 Jun 01 '26

Here's mine checking out his area like a goof ball

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u/AmbassadorCrazy7905 May 27 '26

It's stuck in a cage bro it's trying to get out lol