Behavior Question

[kurtnagel]

Thanks everyone for the solid advice and identification of my Plains in my previous thread. She has settled in very nicely and has taken night crawlers, minnows and her first f/t pinky tonight without hesitation. She did a little bob and weave before taking it!:D

Now that she has settled in, she burrows less, but has moved her (aspen) substrate around a lot! There are now low spots and high mounds everywhere.

I'm wondering if there are theories as to why this behavior? Is it simply an end result of hunting and burrowing or is she actually "decorating" her home to make it more comfortable?

Kurt

[bio6464]

Hey Kurt, she's just making it her place. :rolleyes: Garters move a lot and the bedding isn't exactly a solid surface...so it'll bunch up. In saying that though my Dekay female will brace her head against the tank and push her hide around sometimes before getting in...it's hilarious.
Jerry

[zooplan]

Hi Kurt,
when she trys to get out she pushes the beeding behind her,
thats the only way she can try to raun through the wall.
She is definetly no interior decorator.

[Lori P]

Silly. She's arranging her Feng Shui. LOL

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Fengshui_Compass.jpg/250px-Fengshui_Compass.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fengshui_Compass.jpg)

[anji1971]

Glad to hear she's settling in so well, Kurt!
As for the bedding, well, I've given up on trying to keep the tanks looking neat. Those silly snakes just love to mess it all up! :D