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hey can someone please help me i dont want my little guy to die on me, i recently jsut got a boa, i have him in a 10G tank without a screen top it has the original fish tank op on it, i have rainforste mulch on the bottom a 50w heat lam temp cage is mid 90's to low 80s. i have a little water dish, and a plant i got form ikea in there i also have little caves for him, he does not seem to want to eat he looked really interested one time when i was dangling the little pinke around his head but now he runs when it comes around him, his skin is loose and it looks liek he's getting smaller, he also feels weaker when he constricts around my hand PLEASE HELP

Try feeding live fuzzies or pinkies.Just put them in with the snake and let him be.Give him some privacy.this normally works for me.You may have tol eave them in overnight.Good luck

I dont know were to find live ones, i geuss ill go look today i know of oneplace maybe do you know any stores? how is your cage set up

hey thanks man i got some hoppers today and hes on his 3rd one hes a [bleep]en maniac, he seen me watching him though so he wont eat the last one his stomach is huge, now i jsut need a bigger cage