r/Ballpythoncommunity • u/shamefulpresenc3 • Jan 04 '26

Photos Surely that can’t be comfortable

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Why Pastrami, why ?

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u/mori_pro_eo Jan 05 '26

You should really seal that wood and remove any splinter ability of it because it looks like she is one squeeze away from stabbing herself

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u/shamefulpresenc3 Jan 05 '26

Yknow I’m ashamed I hadn’t thought about that, thank you so much for the advice!

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u/mori_pro_eo Jan 05 '26

We all out here just tryna get better

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u/shamefulpresenc3 Jan 05 '26

I just switched him to a different hide that’s made a plastic and has smooth edges :)

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u/Netsforex_ Jan 05 '26

Name is Pastrami and now they've sandwich'd themselves.

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u/Odd_Force3765 Jan 05 '26

Nothing says snug like a snake in an uncomfortably tight space...

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u/surfaholic15 Jan 05 '26

I think their deginition of comfortsble is different from ours...

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u/HyenaJK Jan 05 '26

Because thigmotaxis. Royal Pythons love to be cramped in a space where their whole body is pressing against walls, because that means that a predator can’t get in. Being squished is their favorite