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please help.. boa staying always on the hot side of cage

peteralbrian Oct 17, 2003 01:33 PM

my setup has always been with the ranges of 80 to 92 ferenheit during the day but my boas never liked the hot side, even when they ate. they were fine like that and happily grew up till 5 feet so i think i was doing ok.

last week my female refused to eat. she had never done that. plus she had not been feed in 2 weeks, usually she was feed weekly but now i was cutting the food. anyway, besides the not eating she has stayed in thehot side all week. i increased the temp a bit to see if she would thermoregulate.. but still

at the moment the temp probe that is laying in her hide is reading 95 and she is still there. what could be the reason for this? i had read that when boas are sick they stay in the cold side...

can anyone help?

Replies (4)

dilwann Oct 17, 2003 02:21 PM

Np

patness Oct 17, 2003 06:19 PM

How is your cage set up? Hides on both sides or just the warm side?

peteralbrian Oct 18, 2003 06:00 AM

a 6x2x2 malamine cage with glass front, 3 identical hies... one on cold side, on hot side and middle. the heat is by un undermat heater on dimmer 24 hrs and a spotlight for 12 hrs for light cyle and heat during the day. where i live is not cold and the heat is maintained well by the cage.

JaredAren Oct 17, 2003 10:42 PM

If you move her to the cool side does she move back to the hot side right away? If so I would not worry about it. Do you have hides on both sides and are they the same?
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