I think every snake owner panics a little when they have just read about the symptoms of IBD... I know I did when my boa looked straight up after I read about it. I think lots of boas like to stretch out and look around and this shouldn't be confused as stargazing. The muscle control thing sounds like the symptom to look for - if your boa cannot right itself from an upside-down position in addition to other abnormal behavior - definitely time for the vet. But "periscoping" or stretching out the neck to look around for a little bit isn't necessarily stargazing. I think snakes do this to get an idea of the area they're in, to decide where to try to crawl next.
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Lauren Madar

www.ophidiagems.com

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• stargazing... - pythonis, Sat Aug 5 14:01:51 2006
• RE: stargazing... - BrownsBoas, Sat Aug 5 15:15:44 2006
• RE: stargazing... - pythonis, Sat Aug 5 15:49:54 2006
• Great Advice! - srsnakes, Sun Aug 6 15:28:32 2006
• RE: stargazing... - liquidleaf, Tue Aug 8 15:36:48 2006