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RE: Longevity Question.....

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Posted by: ChrisGilbert at Sat Dec 24 15:13:42 2005   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by ChrisGilbert ]  
   

Most boas should live to 20 years when they are properly taken care of. There should never be saggy skin, this is a sign of dehydration. He may have contracted round-worms from the live prey. Round worms, and other intestinal parasites live off of the nutrients in the hosts digestive tract, depleating reserves in the host.

Get the snake to a vet, do a blood test and fecal smear. You will probably find there is something wrong.

The fact that he only eats once a month is not anything to worry about, weight loss however is. I had a 2001 6.5 ft Anery Colombian male that ate every three weeks at most, and he was solidly built, meals consisted of one large rat.

I hope you are able to discover the problem.

   

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