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young boa seems dehydrated-HELP

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Posted by: seethingviolet at Fri Jan 5 02:45:29 2007   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by seethingviolet ]  
   

i have a young female colombian red tail boa. i've had her for about 3 months and she was eating regularly (on frozen thawed fuzzies), deficating, and has shed twice fully and without any problems. her ambient tank temp is around 85 with the hot spot at about 90 during the day, and at night the ambient temp is about 77 and the hot spot is about 80. she is on a summertime light schedual.

suddenly she has no interest in her food for the last two weeks, and her skin seems dull like shes going to shed again, but its all baggy and loose. she also seems kind of bloated like she has gas.

it's been suggested that shes hibernating, but i didn't think boas did that. it's also been suggested that its a humidity problem, and i will be getting a humidity meter tomorrow... but does anyone have any other suggestions? i'm really worried about the little girl. i've never had a problem like this with my other snakes.


   

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