Table 1.
Characteristics of the studied ball pythons (n = 35).
Fig 1.
Schematic view of a rack drawer.
Fig 2.
Photo of a rack drawer.
Fig 3.
Schematic view of a terrarium.
Fig 4.
Photo of a terrarium (size 1).
Table 2.
Ethogram for the ball python.
Table 3.
Comparison of the relative frequency of all behaviors displayed in 24 hours in the two housing systems (rack system and terrarium).
Fig 5.
Boxplot with extreme outliers (*).
Frequency of the locomotion behavior “crawling forward” (L1) during the three daytime periods (P) depending on the two housing systems (p < 0.05).
Fig 6.
Occurrence of four behaviors in the terrarium during the three daytime periods (P).
Fig 7.
Frequency of the comfort behavior “resting in the hiding place” (C3) during the three daytime periods (P) depending on the two housing systems (p < 0.05).
Fig 8.
Boxplot with outlier (°) and extreme outliers (*).
Frequency of the comfort behavior “resting outside of the hiding place, coiled” (C4) during the three daytime periods (P) depending on the two housing systems (p > 37.92).
Fig 9.
Boxplot with outliers (°) and extreme outliers (*).
Frequency of the comfort behavior “resting outside of the hiding place, stretched out” (C5) during the three daytime periods (P) depending on the two housing systems (p > 24.38).
Fig 10.
Frequency of the behavior “pushing the mouth against a barrier” (O2) during the three daytime periods (P) depending on the two housing systems (p < 0.05).