Why do ball pythons clump together when they are in danger?

That's why he got his name.

Ball pythons live in Central and West Africa, from Senegal to Uganda, from grasslands to woods, and they feel just as comfortable in the trees as they are on the ground. They prefer low-light environments, and at dawn and dusk, they become active. In Europe, they are called "king pythons", while in the United States they are called "ball pythons" because when they feel nervous, they curl their bodies into a very tight ball and hide their heads firmly in the center.

Like many other pythons, the ball python is a gentle snake. Feeds mainly on small mammals.

In rearing, ball pythons can grow up to a foot per year for the first three years and become adult individuals in three to five years. It has been recorded that the longest-lived ball python lived to be 48 years old. Female ball pythons lay between 4 and 10 eggs at a time and will coil them until they hatch.

During the three-month incubation period, there is no departure and no eating.

In Africa, ball pythons grow in warm areas, not hot and dry places. Many people make the mistake of keeping their ball pythons in an excessively humid environment: using moist sphagnum moss as bedding and spraying around the clock to increase humidity.

Too much humidity can cause blisters, usually in the abdomen, to cover the blisters. As a result, it will cause a bacterial infection, which will seriously affect the health of the whole snake. In order to keep the snake box dry, and provide a suitable size vessel that can soak the snake in water, to meet the ball python's humidity requirements.

In fact, the humidity of the indoor environment is more than enough for a ball python. But if you want to be safe, you can supply a box of sphagnum moss that is large enough.

Catch: After a period of getting your ball python used to the new environment, you can start catching it and holding it in your hands. He may crawl away from you and threaten you with a wagging tail and hissing sound, but don't be afraid, it's just scaring you.

Snakes, like other reptiles, are very good at scaring others. Your movements should be gentle and long-lasting. Daily contact can build a certain level of trust between you and the snake.

As soon as he is comfortable with your movements, you can take him around your home. At the same time, avoid sudden movements. If your snake is wrapped around your neck or arm, you want to untie it from his tail with gentle movements, remembering not to start with his head.

Some snakes are more sensitive when picked up after eating. If you are feeding your snake outside of the terrarium, then put him back in the snake box only after he has finished eating. Don't touch him for a few days afterward.

If your ball python is no longer so nervous about you, then he won't vomit.

When encountering heaven and earth and danger, he will always make himself into a small ball, with the title of thorn group. The sense of smell is very sensitive, and it is generally active at night, mainly eating some ants and pests.

This is an animal's stress response, an act of self-preservation in danger.

This is a biological self-protection measure.

It's a biological instinct that can improve survival.

Ball pythons are docile and timid, and will shrink into a ball when they are afraid.

It is a method of collective self-defense.

The other party mistakenly thinks that it is a powerful whole.

It is a method of collective self-defense. Animals react very directly, they trust their eyes more. The first can confuse the other person's vision, and the second can make the other party mistakenly think that it is a powerful whole.

Fish scales play a big role, fish scales will reflect, the enemy may not know what kind of creature this is, and don't know to start with **, because there is a bright piece in front of them.

The ball python is docile and timid, and gets its name from the fact that it shrinks into a ball when it is afraid.

Stomatitis. The snout of the sick snake is moist, drooling, and the mouth is swollen, red, and has white slag-like clots and discharge. It should be given immediately**.

Clean the wound with 1/10,000 potassium permanganate solution, remove necrotic and exfoliated skin tissue and coagulated secretions with cotton swabs and medical long forceps, and check whether there are any missing teeth left in the oral cavity to prevent further puncture. Tetracycline drugs are used to fill the feed, supplemented with watermelon cream spray.

Pneumonia is often induced by turbid air in the breeding environment, drowning, and sudden temperature changes. Dyspnea is often seen when the head is raised. In the event of pneumonia, the sick python should be moved to a constant temperature, visible sunlight, and ventilated environment. Mild supplementation with cotrimoxazole and pioneer mycin, and severe intramuscular gentamicin.

Enteritis and digestive deworming. In the event of enteritis, normal saline should be used instead of ordinary water to feed, oxytetracycline or leprosy should be fed, the light time should be extended, and the feeding place should be disinfected. Under normal circumstances, intestinal worm removal is used every six months to deworm.

Ball pythons have higher requirements for temperature, and prefer warmth and are afraid of cold. 25-30 degrees Celsius is the optimal temperature. In this temperature range, the ball python feeds and grows normally.

When the temperature is below 24 degrees, food intake is reduced and less moving. When the temperature drops below 15 degrees Celsius, stop feeding and become more susceptible to illness. If the temperature is less than 10 degrees, there is a possibility of death.

Will the heating pad burn? If otherwise normal, you can first apply some Mentholatum mint cream to the reddened area and observe it.

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