r/ballpython • u/KatVanWall • 18h ago

Please tell me it’s only his dignity that was hurt 😭

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The camera has been there for months and he bleleleleles at it every night. However, tonight he managed to get around it somehow and then - flump! I hope he is okay? (He seemed to head off in the direction of his ball/frame that he has specifically for climbing on and has only used once in the 5 months he’s had it 🙃)

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u/Aggressive-Tip-2717 18h ago

Short falls are rarely a big deal for them since there's basically nothing rigid to snap, but keep an eye out for any kink in the spine, swelling, or him refusing food over the next week or so. Odds are he's fine and just mad the camera won.

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u/KatVanWall 18h ago

Aww thanks, I sure will! He’s due a feed tomorrow, so will see!

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u/Aggressive-Tip-2717 16h ago

Perfect, that's the best way to tell. Fingers crossed he takes it!

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u/Mulligey 18h ago

At first, I thought the perspective was him laying on the ground and sliding to the side, and thought you needed an exorcist

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u/PerceptionGold6327 18h ago

Me too, I was like WTF made him be flung like that?

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u/aborealis06 18h ago

real thankful for your comment, mate.

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u/KatVanWall 17h ago

lol I should have specified! My camera films the back at a weird angle!

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u/Past-Ad-4769 16h ago

keep an eye on the part that specifically landed on the branch and possibly his head. the branch I doubt would have done anything and it was a really short fall, but better to be safe! Definitely just looks like his dignity was hurt though lol

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u/KatVanWall 16h ago

Aww I will do! He’s due a feed tomorrow so I wasn’t going to handle him until Wednesday evening 😭 Luckily he missed the sticky uppy bit of the branch tho.

I went to check on him a bit later and he’d discovered his middle hide (which has been there several months in its current form - I got him a new warm one and swapped the old one with the middle one) and was sitting with his head and tail both out of it and his middle inside, with two widths of his body crammed through the entrance 🤦🏻‍♀️ I don’t think it’s his turn with the brain cell today.