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my female redtail out of the blue attacked my male central boa they our my breeding pair they were fine for monthsand out of the the blue she bit him and tryed to wrap around him but i jumped in and grabbed her on the back of her head . has that ever happen to anybody and should i not put that pair together again or was it just a freak thing that happens . now i have to doctor up my central and make sure he will be fine he has a gash on his neck .
thank you for any advice
david and jessi

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Jessica and David Spendolini

0.1 Dumerials Boa (ANGEL)
1.0 Albino Burmese Python (JUNIOR)
2.0 Central American Boas (CHANCE AND SNIPER)
2.2 Ball Pythons (SYRUS, ZEUS, SERINE and AALIYAH)
0.1 Pastel Boa (ROSE RED)
0.1 Argentine X Columbian Boa (MARIA)
1.2 Columbian Het Albino (CAPONE, BABY and DIXIE)
0.4 Columbian Boa (ZENA, CARRIE, STAR AND PRINCESS)
1.0 Green Iguana (REX)

Earlier this year we had our female try to eat our male. After a long struggle and a bottle of rum we got him free and they were both fine. They had been together for a few weeks without incident, courting fine and everything. No idea what happened.. apparently it is decently uncommon, but it does happen. That female and male are together again now,have been copulating, have been for weeks and we've had no further problems. Wish I had some advice, but I dont know what triggers it.
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1.1 96, 04 Het Albino - "Suzie" & "Lumpy"
0.1 03 Poss. Het Albino - "Ami"
0.1 05 Super Salmon - "CreamSicle"
1.0 04 DH-Sunglow - "Dwayne"
1.0 06 TH-Moonglow - "Gargamel"

thank you i don't know what trigger it but it happen
maybe in a couple of weeks i try them again. my male is fine just tore up a little no bleeding maybe they get along later
thank you again
my male

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Jessica and David Spendolini

0.1 Dumerials Boa (ANGEL)
1.0 Albino Burmese Python (JUNIOR)
2.0 Central American Boas (CHANCE AND SNIPER)
2.2 Ball Pythons (SYRUS, ZEUS, SERINE and AALIYAH)
0.1 Pastel Boa (ROSE RED)
0.1 Argentine X Columbian Boa (MARIA)
1.2 Columbian Het Albino (CAPONE, BABY and DIXIE)
0.4 Columbian Boa (ZENA, CARRIE, STAR AND PRINCESS)
1.0 Green Iguana (REX)

Same thing happened to me .. my female tried eating my male .. after a couple days i put them back together and they bred again like nothing happened ...

To put it plainly .....
Some like it RUFF !!Its best to let them settle things when this accures.Attempting to part the two is generally when the majority of the damage will happen. Otherwise a few holes are made andnature takes over from there.
We had acouple teeth left in our female BCL after their first intro this year.

Best Of Luck

M/

Of course only leave them alone if the situation is reasonable. Our males head was down the females throat, if he had not bitten her on the inside to keep from going down.. well, he'd have been lunch. Both are fine now, luckily!
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1.1 96, 04 Het Albino - "Suzie" & "Lumpy"
0.1 03 Poss. Het Albino - "Ami"
0.1 05 Super Salmon - "CreamSicle"
1.0 04 DH-Sunglow - "Dwayne"
1.0 06 TH-Moonglow - "Gargamel"

In this case a small meal "consumed"acouple days before intro would have most likely prevented what "appeared" to be a consumption issue.
No ?

M/

>>Of course only leave them alone if the situation is reasonable. Our males head was down the females throat, if he had not bitten her on the inside to keep from going down.. well, he'd have been lunch. Both are fine now, luckily!
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>>1.1 96, 04 Het Albino - "Suzie" & "Lumpy"
>>0.1 03 Poss. Het Albino - "Ami"
>>0.1 05 Super Salmon - "CreamSicle"
>>1.0 04 DH-Sunglow - "Dwayne"
>>1.0 06 TH-Moonglow - "Gargamel"

No idea what went wrong, she ate 2 days before introduction.
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1.1 96, 04 Het Albino - "Suzie" & "Lumpy"
0.1 03 Poss. Het Albino - "Ami"
0.1 05 Super Salmon - "CreamSicle"
1.0 04 DH-Sunglow - "Dwayne"
1.0 06 TH-Moonglow - "Gargamel"

maybe there was still rat smell around?

Try placing a shed skin from the male in with the female (and vice-versa). Not sure if it will help but maybe, just maybe the scent has something to do with it. Probably more a strong feeding response?!?!!?

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Sincerely, Jason
www.NortheastSnakes.com
NortheastSnakes@verizon.net