I have Hogg island boa, who started doing this head roll thing when I remove her from her cage. I have only had her for a few months and I have never noticed her doing it until today. She seems to have control of herself when she climbs and moves about; except when she has her head dangling off a branch or my hand. When she decides to go back up her body she flips her neck over to the piont that I see the underside and then she straightens it and goes up. My only thought is that she might of got too hot, I had the thermostate on my heat tape short out so it was going unrestricted. Would that cause like a heat stroke of sorts?
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Head rolling?
shadowmonkey01
Aug 06, 2006 12:13 AM
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srsnakes
Aug 06, 2006 03:15 PM
Now, I want to state that it is hard to make suggestions without actually witnessing the event you are talking about, but I will tell you from my veterinary experiance we have seen several boas after this last southern california heat wave that were exhibiting several similar symptoms. Looking at the ceiling for unexplained time periods, "rolling over" in owners hands ect. I was worried it was a bout of IBD, but after several blood test we found out that most were slightly dehydrated at most. We found most owners had great sucess by decreaseing the temperatures, placing ice cubes in the water dish and giving a 20 minute water soak every other day for about a week or so. I hope this helps you and I would be carefully watching your temperatures for a little while. Hope this helps and I wish you the best of luck.
Sincerely,
Rose Aguilar
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