I have seen what I call "Rapid shed syndrome" in a Boa two times. I have no idea what caused it, but in each case when I did see it, the animal continued it for about two years. Even when not being fed. They eventually got run down and would refuse to eat, ultimately resulting in the death of the animal. No telling if your animal has it or not. The two that I have had that did it, did everything else like normal except that rapid shedding for more than a year shedding about every 18-22 days. One was a male that died from it about 17 years ago. He was a great breeder. The other was a completely unrelated female that died after two years of rapid shedding in around 2000.



I have zero diagnostic advise as to how to treat it or to tell if your animal has it or not. I have talked to other Boa guys who have had animals do the same thing.



People don't want to discuss when they have animals that get sick, because they think it will reflect negatively on them. But, I have news for anyone who does think that reflects negatively on anyone. Boas are animals. Animals get sick. Animals die. That's real life. I am not talking about wholesale die off of a collection. I've actually never even heard of a specific instance of that.



Any of you other people who read this, and are willing to admit it, can certainly do so especially if you have any other observations regarding this that might be good for others to know.
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• Boa sheds every 2-3 weeks - boadina, Fri Nov 14 05:25:28 2008
• RE: Boa sheds every 2-3 weeks - robertmcphee, Fri Nov 14 09:56:57 2008
• RE: Boa sheds every 2-3 weeks - lecoiskin, Fri Nov 14 14:19:32 2008
• RE: Boa sheds every 2-3 weeks - jscrick, Sat Nov 15 18:54:19 2008
• "Rapid Shed Syndrome" - boaphile, Sun Nov 16 14:08:21 2008
• RE: "Rapid Shed Syndrome" - jscrick, Sun Nov 16 18:58:38 2008