i have a male bci about 6 months old, about 2 feet long. Have him about 2 weeks now. The last week, he is very active at night, but one behavior is bothering me. He sits up, about 1/4 of his body is lifted off the astroturf liner, just sits there straight up, like he is a cobra. The rest of his body is a loose s-shape. His nose is sometimes against the glass, othertimes he is just "standing" this way unsupported for 5 minutes at a time. He then goes back to moving around the tank and will do this on top of hides, etc., sometimes reaching the top of the tank.
He is on the cooler side of the tank (30 gallon, i know its not optional to have him in a tank, saving up for the right setup) and the tank read is 75 in the evening right now. Joe Rollo suggested he is too hot but the temp on tank gauges seems ok. Currently his hot spot is only at 84. Does anyone else's boa do this? He just ate tonight, a f/t pinkie. But he does this even he has not just been fed. He then retreats to a hide for the entire day.

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• HELP! Worried about my boas behavior - MyLeftArm, Sun Jun 20 03:31:03 2004
• RE: HELP! Worried about my boas behavior - MyLeftArm, Sun Jun 20 05:21:33 2004
• RE: HELP! Worried about my boas behavior - MyLeftArm, Sun Jun 20 05:22:50 2004
• RE: HELP! Worried about my boas behavior - MyLeftArm, Sun Jun 20 05:36:43 2004
• RE: HELP! Worried about my boas behavior - invalidKey, Sun Jun 20 07:00:08 2004
• RE: HELP! Worried about my boas behavior - SSLoneStar, Sun Jun 20 07:32:57 2004
• RE: HELP! Worried about my boas behavior - MyLeftArm, Sun Jun 20 09:57:56 2004
• RE: HELP! Worried about my boas behavior - BCIBANDIT, Sun Jun 20 11:37:52 2004
• Maybe he's very hungry, is a pinky enough for that size snake?? n/p - Sunshine, Sun Jun 20 11:32:01 2004
• RE: Maybe he's very hungry, is a pinky enough for that size snake?? n/p - MyLeftArm, Sun Jun 20 14:06:13 2004
• RE: HELP! Worried about my boas behavior - blackpine, Sun Jun 20 20:09:04 2004
• RE: HELP! Worried about my boas behavior - MyLeftArm, Sun Jun 20 20:32:02 2004
• 2 more suggestions for the worried mom.... - sunshine, Sun Jun 20 20:43:21 2004
• Baby has an upper respitory infection - myleftarm, Mon Jun 21 12:08:58 2004
• RETRACTION: BOA IS NOT SICK - MyLeftArm, Wed Jun 23 10:22:39 2004
• RadioShack sells temp guns. - JaredAren, Sun Jun 20 23:36:11 2004