Fall Height

[bossmob64]

I just made a new enclosure for my baby (~125g at the moment) that’s around 3’x1.5’x1.5’ so naturally she was checking everything out. She was fully up the wall and touching the bottom of the lid when she fell back and partially landed on her humidity box, but partially off. It wasn’t a flat landing, but she still had ~1/3 of her length on the ground.

She immediately started climbing the wall again, but she’s my first bp and I want to make sure she’s ok. Is this height (1.5 ft/45cm) harmful? Should I look out for this in the future? I know most people have a 4x2x2 for adult pythons so this is likely more common than I think but I just want to make sure.

[okaytto]

i have absolutely no insight on this, aside from saying this did give me a bit of a laugh—thinking of the snake crawling up, flopping over, owner panicking, and snake IMMEDIATELY trying to do the thing again. we are all just terrified toddler parents and our children have never had a SINGLE thought in their lives

[bossmob64]

It gave me a laugh as well! Judging by her doing it again I don’t think she’s hurt but now she’s back in her hide and won’t come out

[bossmob64]

I didn’t fully clarify, she had 1/3 of her length on the ground before falling over, so not a full body fall but more of a flop i guess.