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Hogg island heat stroke?

shadowmonkey01 Sep 10, 2006 07:43 PM

I posted a messege a few weeks ago and since then I have soaked her every other day and I took her to the vet this week, he gave her a blood test and called me to tell me everything appeared to be normal.But she still does the head thing.

Here is my original post: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 point that I see the underside and then she straightens it and goes up. My only thought is that she got too hot, I had the thermostate on my heat tape short out so it was going unrestricted in the middle of this heat wave here in California, is it possible that she suffered a heat stroke?

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joeseph311 Sep 10, 2006 11:58 PM

Its possible I had a buddy in Pa loose his Male hogg that way during summer being that I have no central unit I just turn off my heating elements. It wouldn't be a bad idea if during a heat wave you turned them off I doubt they'll get to cold in the middle of a heat wave....

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