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my balls love to climb... and fall. they climb to the top corners and pull their whole bodys up into the corner and fall, its cute but makes me worrycan they get hurt falling like that about ten times a day? they only fall about a foot but i makes a big thud and they sit still for a while

They really arent very bright ha. Thats perfectly normal, he/she is just trying to get out. I think maybe the impact from the fall amkes them forget that climbing the side results in a >THUD< jk...

Any ways, just make sure its not falling on any rocks or anything, and you'll be ok. Its just something they do...

umm hes falling on a log

I couldn't agree more with this comment! I think they are retarded and that is why I love mine. I have been watching him and throughly enjoying him much more than my Rat Snake who I will say has a little more intelligence than the BP I think. A year ago you would have never seen me type these words but...BPs are just so lovable! Definately my favorite pet of all time.

Snakes, in general, are pretty resilliant. Did I spell that right? Anyhow, they can fall quite a distance and no harm will come of it. Remember, they are muscle from their neck to the tips of their tails. Sliding down from the top of something like a 50 gallon tank, or even 2 or 3 feet from the ground. will hardly slow them down. Just don't drop him from a two story window. . And, in truth, unless you dropped him on solid rock I don't think that would slow him down too much. I've seen things like blue racers fall six or eight feet from a branch in a tree and hit the ground runnin'.

Quig

mine falls alot and even hits his head on his rock bowl some times but gets right back up...oh and i get aot of black racers around my house...they are ferocious here!

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