Ok, I have a pair of app. 6' Ground Boas that have been caged together for the last 8 mos. I've had them. No issues except their ridiculous feeding response..so I feed separately of course.

3 Days ago I moved them into a 4' Vision cage w/belly heat on one side. Prior to that they've been in an AP 4' cage w/a heat panel on one side. Living in Vegas and having one's snake room in a converted garage (well insulated and air conditioned) I only turned the panel on for the last 2 weeks...after moving into the new cage no heat panel. As such they're gone from 84F to 80F but now w/belly heat on one side.

This morning I went out there and the male had the female in a "death coil"..no biting, no copulation, just constricting her in a big ball! I separated them and she was fine, but he started vigorously chasing her in what appeared to be courtship. She fled every advance by him.

He quit after 10 minutes or so and they settled down. An hour later same thing..death coil! I had to separate them again and they're now in separate cages indefinitely. No purposeful cycling, only significant change has been a one hour decrease of the day-cycle as I move towards Fall..and continue to shorten days in the entire room. That and the switch from a short period of heat via the panel now to belly heat.

Anybody experience anything like this before?

Bill

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