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From Dr. Jekyl to Mr. Hide

Twoboyz

Twoboyz

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Calling all snake psychiatrists...
I am very perplexed by my little Aztec's behavior lately and frankly a bit disappointed. When we got him he was our most outgoing and social little snake. About two months ago he had a complete change I'm personality. He is always hiding now. His favorite hide is under his water dish. In fact that's where he spends all his time. What happened?! I'm wondering if we will ever see our friendly little guy who always wants to come out and play. Well, I don't know if he's a he or a she.

Does anyone know if this is normal? We've had him since April. We were told he was probably an '09 but he was only 7.4 g when we got him so I'm not sure of that is correct.

Anyone have any insight on this strange unsocial behavior?
Thanks much :)
 
If he was 7.4 grams when you got him a few months ago, I would think he was likely an early '10... I would think even a slow-starting 2009 born late in the year would be weightier than that.

As far as behavior, a lot of our guys go through stages where they will be very active for a few months and then hide a lot. When we get a new corn, they seem active at night during the first few weeks, and we almost never see them out by day. As they age and grow more comfortable, we will see them out from time to time during the day-- indeed, we have some adults who are almost never in hides!

Sounds like yours may still be doing some settling in. I would not consider hiding behavior to be abnormal or cause for worry.

When you handle him, is he still acting the same? How are your temps? Do you provide a lot of different hides for him to choose from?
 
Thanks so much for the advice. We keep the temp around 88 on the warm side. We have a hide on each side. However he's been spending most of his time on the cool side under the water dish.

Thanks again :)
 
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