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Has anyone noticed that their Mandarins like to burrow or forage under the substrate upside down, completely inverted? I first saw this behavior in my male and I thought something was wrong with him, but then I noticed my female also does it. I've never noticed this in any snakes I've had before and found it pretty interesting...Anyone else noticed this behavior?

'06 F1 Sichuan Female

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Snakes to the Max

I have several sichuan probince mandarins and have never noticed such behavior.
I hate to say it but I would strongly suspect a neurological problem. Randy W.

I appreciate the concern and suggestions of a neurological problem, but I highly doubt that is the case. Every aspect of their behavior is completely normal. There is not one hint of awkward coordination and their eating habits and handleability are perfect. I use newspaper as a substrate and under the first or second layer, they sometimes move along inverted. It's pretty interesting and just an observation I wanted to share. If I had any suspicion of a health issue, I would be concerned, but that's not the cse here. Thanks for the responses...

Max
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Snakes to the Max

I don't know about neurological

I've had nearly 11 different prasina exhibit upside down foraging, and hiding.

these animals all acted completely normal, except that every now and again, i'd catch them hanging out, or moving under their substrate inverted.