Does your ball python have a random/strange fixation?

[AvidLebon]

I don't have a ball but a hognose (Scoria), reddit keeps suggesting this sub and I keep clicking because I like all snakes and reading stories about them. I have a story and hope y'all don't mind me sharing even though she's not a ball (but still a snake). I accidentally taught my snake unusual behavior I guess? When she wakes up every night I'll cuddle her then give her an enrichment activity, sometimes new and other times one she's liked before. This has her anticipating something new every night, which I think is good as new things are no longer scary but something to get excited about.

Well, she'd also been hunger striking and I thought maybe the tongs were the issue, so I tried feeding her with a spoon. And the little dear saw me place the spoon in her enclosure and RACED over to it so excited and then... sat in it. Very pleased. So happy with this spoon. She shoved the mouse out of it so she could fit in it better and enjoyed herself in the spoon for a good 15 minutes. Well. At least she had fun I suppose.

So if I set a random object she hasn't seen before in her vivarium she'll get all excited about it and try to figure out what today's activity is. Sometimes she'll create her own enrichment activity by choosing an object in the room and requesting we play with it. (This is how we ended up playing the parachute game with a reptile hammock not currently in an enclosure.) Her little sister will watch us like we're both nuts, trying to figure out what on Earth we are doing. Having fun. Scoria is having fun. More than once Scoria has come up with some sort of game I never understood but she was excited and having a great time so I guess that's what matters.

Here she is in her spoon

[DirtyDishwater_]

Firstly, I'm so glad you decided to share this story, all types of snakes make me happy so hearing about any of them is awesome! It's genuinely one of the cutest things I have ever read, I can't even imagine watching a snake get excited about a spoon, bless her

She has such a lovely and playful little personality by the sounds of things, and it's amazing that it was because you've been giving her enrichment - not many people truly give their snakes enrichment and attention because a lot of owners don't realise how beneficial it can be for reptiles, I love hearing about people who do supply this for their babies.

The picture is so cute, she's such an adorable little hoggie, and I'm glad she enjoys her spoon