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everytime i look into his tank his is hidden below his rock or in the rock hideout!it's been 1 week since i last saw him runing around!but every day i come home from school, there is no food left,so he probably moves around when i'm not there!
does he not fell safe or something like that?

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1.0.0 Ball python (Oz)
0.0.1 Hardwicki Uro (Amon)
0.1.0 Black cat (Tomika)

how long have you had him, have you made any major changes to his cage lately, is he wild caught, have you hand fed him yet?
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Mark Martinez
University of Florida

i have had him for about 3 months, i did make some major changes about 1 month ago but he has already got used to it!he's been hiding for 1 week now, he was'n hiding before!
and no, i didn't hand feed him yet...i tried!he eats only when i'm not near his tank!
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1.0.0 Ball python (Oz)
0.0.1 Hardwicki Uro (Amon)
0.1.0 Black cat (Tomika)

n/p
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1.0.0 Ball python (Oz)
0.0.1 Hardwicki Uro (Amon)
0.1.0 Black cat (Tomika)

n/p
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1.0.0 Ball python (Oz)
0.0.1 Hardwicki Uro (Amon)
0.1.0 Black cat (Tomika)

hmm..

First of all I just realized it's a hardwicki, and my experience is with my two Malis. Anyway, if the heat is not adequate, he may go to sleep at about 1 PM. Mine were going to sleep very early every day like that until I gave them better heat. You would come home from school, and he'd already be asleep.

The number one reason he may not be coming out is the fact that it's winter. Have you brumated him? He may be beginning to do it on his own, especially if your home has decreased in temperature. But you say the food is gone each day...

It's quite possible he misses his former cage mates, if he had any.

You really gotta get him started on the hand feeding, or else he'll have little reason to like you, lol. Try some dandelions or other obvious Uro treats.
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Mark Martinez
University of Florida

At first my Mali slept from 10PM - about 10AM. ABout 2 weeks later, I'm not sure if he's mini-hibernating, but he sleeps from 6PM-10AM. During the day I've caught him running around dancing on the glass. He's pretty tame and will take food from my hand with no problems.

The only change was I added a 90W Halogen flood lamp to the regular basking lamp setup. In other words: I have no idea!

It's VERY unusual that your Mali was staying up till 10PM
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Mark Martinez
University of Florida

>>It's VERY unusual that your Mali was staying up till 10PM
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>>Mark Martinez
>>University of Florida

I think that's the time that the pet store closed.

Well, at any rate, being up from 10-6 sounds good. Mine are usually up from 8-5, but it can vary a little.
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Mark Martinez
University of Florida

his temps are high enough...cool side is 90, basking is 120-130, humidity is 26%!
sometimes when i go to my room i see him on basking spot, or diging into sand but when he sees me he runs under his rock!
if i take him out, he's totally calm!
i would like to get dandelions, but here in Slovnia sth is wrong with weatherlol, it's been snowing for 3 days all the time!i don't know when will i get to dandelions.it's also impossible to get it in stores!i tr feeding him with peas but he was not interested!
and he was already brumatin...when i got him, he ate almost nothing now he eats everything every day!
it's endive i feed him with last days and of course vitamins(calcium,...)
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1.0.0 Ball python (Oz)
0.0.1 Hardwicki Uro (Amon)
0.1.0 Black cat (Tomika)

At first, mine wouldn't eat from my hand till I took the food out of their cage completely. He really should be going after the peas! It takes a while to get them to regularly eat out of your hand, but It's worth it. The first thing mine ate out of my hand was mealworms, they CANNOT resist.
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Mark Martinez
University of Florida

aha, and with mealworms you mean worms or already adult bugs?
i have worms at home and i gave him one in his food bowl and i though he ate it, but 2 weeks later i saw semi-adult in the dirt!today i gave him a cricket inside!
but it looks as if is afraid of me!i was in my room giving food to a mouse(which is food for my snake) and he came out of his rock(only with head) and when i turned over there to see what he will do, he also saw me and ran below his rock again!
before that when i first got to my room, he was on basking spot, but he ran again!so, i'm really concerned what is wrong?
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1.0.0 Ball python (Oz)
0.0.1 Hardwicki Uro (Amon)
0.1.0 Black cat (Tomika)

So he's a bit "flighty I guess." By mealworms I mean the ones you buy at the herp shop, not the adult beatles. Your Uro will slowly grow to be less afraid of you, I wouldn't worry. Mine didn't take very long to get used to me because they were partially hand fed from birth at the store, and they had the companionship of each other, you're going to have to overcome that.

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Mark Martinez
University of Florida

hope you're right!thanks n/p
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1.0.0 Ball python (Oz)
0.0.1 Hardwicki Uro (Amon)
0.1.0 Black cat (Tomika)