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I have a young Colombian Boa who I've had for about three months. She has been eating regularly, deficating regularly, and has shed twice now. She has been active and friendly. The temperature in her tank is around 90 degrees daytime/80 degrees nightime and she is on a summer light cycle.

Suddenly my snake is not doing so well. She hasn't eaten in two weeks, and is showing no interest in the food (i'm feeding frozen thawed). Her skin looks baggy or dehydrated. She still seems active, regulating her body temperature between her two hides. She just looks bad, and isn't eating.

Another snake owner suggested to me that she is hybernating, but I've owned boas before and have never had this problem. Any suggestioons or hints would be greatly appreiceated! Thank you!

Lower the temp to 85 during the day and 77 at night. 90 degrees can be uncomfortable. Your heat source should be at one end of the cage and the other end should be cooler. Is there a large water bowl available? Is the animal have full complete sheds? If your Boa is a male and 3 1/2' or longer, going without eating is something they will occasionally do.

Whoever told you your Boa is hibernating knows absolutely nothing about Boas. They don't.
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90 degrees is just the hot spot, the ambient temp in the rest of the tank is around 84-85, and at night the hot spot is about 80, where the ambient air temp is around 75-77. she has a large bowl of fresh water available to her at all times. both of her sheds were full sheds, and were done in one peice. i'm just really worried about the way her skin looks. i'm going to call her breeder in the morning and see what he says.

also my boa is a female and about 2 feet in length.

could be a humidity problem...ie. not high enough. Do you keep it in a plastic cage? If not, it might be a good idea to.