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RE: Boa Acting Weird

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Posted by: STAPE61 at Sat Nov 4 07:25:05 2006   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by STAPE61 ]  
   

I appreciate the input that everyone has provided. The boa does not have mites, nor is the cage on the floor. I do not have any other animals, people/children that will approach the cages. The cages are in my office where only office personnel would come in. I did take my carpet python out yesterday and when I went to pick her up she did not strike. She will however look to strike the tank if approcahed from the front, but not my hand. I think that is a little crazy. My boa, I found out was fed in his tank last week. I was not there and someone fed him for me. They laid the rat right where he was striking the tank. I assumed that the smell was still there. I was able to get in the tank and mix the substrate around. I did that by actually taking the boa out. I was very careful and he did not strike out of the tank. I did not have time to change the substrate so I just mixed it. I put him back and he did not strike the tank but showed interest in my hand and followed it as I moved it in front of the tank. I think he will be ok now as I will assume the rat smell was there and is not anymore. Any comments on this theroy would be helpful.


   

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