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Boa behavior?

mack1time Mar 14, 2006 06:01 PM

My male boa seems to lie around in the same spot from week to week between feedings. I have checked at night and everything. Is he just lazy or is this norm??

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1.1 Columbian red tails (Zeus, Athena)
1.1 Corn snakes (Appolo, Boreas)
0.1 King snake tri striped cal morph (Helios)

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jayf Mar 14, 2006 06:30 PM

i find my snakes go into periods of laying in the same spot. i find it more common with my larger snake then with smaller ones. it is not all the time though, just for about a few days, more commonly right after eating.
i keep smaller snakes in tubs with heat pads and larger snakes in wood enclosures with lights. i find about the time when i am ready to move the snake into a wood enclosure they tend to move around less. in my larger enclosures i have a temerature drop at night and i think this facilitates activity of the snakes to adjust to the change in temeratures.

>>My male boa seems to lie around in the same spot from week to week between feedings. I have checked at night and everything. Is he just lazy or is this norm??
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>>1.1 Columbian red tails (Zeus, Athena)
>>1.1 Corn snakes (Appolo, Boreas)
>>0.1 King snake tri striped cal morph (Helios)
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- Jason F.

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