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Jeff Clark
at Sun Sep 14 11:49:40 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Jeff Clark ]
Many Rainbow Boas lay on their sides or back at times. There is the common theory that they do this solely for temperature regulation though I think they do it for other reasons also. What is the temperature under that water bowl? Use an IR thermometer to get temperature of the snake and the water bowl and the space under the bowl to try to figure out what is going on. Perhaps the snake is under the water bowl to hide but it is colder than it likes under there. Security often seems to be their highest priority. There is also the possibility that the rest of the cage is warmer than the snake likes and it is trying to get as much cooling from the water in the bowl as possible while still being in hiding under the bowl and so it turns it's belly up to the bowl. Your snake may be trying to tell you something. OTOH, BRBs do perhaps lay on sides or backs just to have a laugh at us.
Jeff
>>Seems I'm full of them here lately! My little yearling that regurged... I keep finding her under her water bowl, laying upside down. Is that symptomatic of anything or is she just a weird snake? She doesn't act like anything is wrong, and flips right back over when I disturb her, but I just thought it was peculiar, so I figured it can't hurt to ask!
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RE: Yet another question - Jeff Clark, Sun Sep 14 11:49:40 2008