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ODD behavior

Slacker6848 Mar 14, 2008 10:23 PM

I put my albino female boa i got from Peter Kahl in daytona 06 with my 06 sunglow boa from proreptiles for pictures only tonight and my female instantly defecated and was pushing her rectum out and was very active on trying to get out until i removed the male they were only together for about 10 mins but didnt get any pics but got this video, anyone have any thoughts why this would be, at 2 years of age the female still has no spurs


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0.1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
1.0.0 Yellow Anaconda
1.1.0 Suriname Red Tail Boa
1.1.0 Guyana Red Tail Boa
1.0.0 Coral Sunglow Boa
0.1.0 Coral Albino Boa
0.1.0 Arabesque Het Albino Boa
0.1.0 DH Sunglow Boa
1.1.0 Red Blood Python
1.2.0 Jungle Carpet Python (females VPI Bloodline)
0.1.0 Burmese Python (Rescue)
0.1.0 Albino Retic (Lavender)
0.1.0 Avicularia Versicolor
1.0.0 Cat

Replies (5)

jerseyserpents Mar 15, 2008 11:40 AM

Some females are sexually mature at 2 yrs old, I dont know about her "pushing out her rectum"? But for her to deficate/urate is somewhat normal.
If there is a such thing as normal when it comes to boa's???
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You are what you repeated to do, excelence is not an act, but a habit......... (Aristole)

Slacker6848 Mar 15, 2008 03:25 PM

her pushing her rectum out stopped when i removed the male so maybe she was just trying to urate more and didnt have any at the moment, not sure, kinda stumped on that one
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0.1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
1.0.0 Yellow Anaconda
1.1.0 Suriname Red Tail Boa
1.1.0 Guyana Red Tail Boa
1.0.0 Coral Sunglow Boa
0.1.0 Coral Albino Boa
0.1.0 Arabesque Het Albino Boa
0.1.0 DH Sunglow Boa
1.1.0 Red Blood Python
1.2.0 Jungle Carpet Python (females VPI Bloodline)
0.1.0 Burmese Python (Rescue)
0.1.0 Albino Retic (Lavender)
0.1.0 Avicularia Versicolor
1.0.0 Cat

ChrisGilbert Mar 15, 2008 03:41 PM

That is deterrence behavior. It is normal for some females to do that when around some males.
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jscrick Mar 15, 2008 10:26 PM

The male seemed stressed/submissive (head straight up). She seemed to be treating him as an intruder in her personal space.
jsc
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Slacker6848 Mar 16, 2008 10:06 AM

thats what it kinda seemed to me, would this interfere with future breeding or is it a good sign for the future?

i've personally never experienced them with this behavior so i was kinda curious

Thanks
Zack
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0.1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
1.0.0 Yellow Anaconda
1.1.0 Suriname Red Tail Boa
1.1.0 Guyana Red Tail Boa
1.0.0 Coral Sunglow Boa
0.1.0 Coral Albino Boa
0.1.0 Arabesque Het Albino Boa
0.1.0 DH Sunglow Boa
1.1.0 Red Blood Python
1.2.0 Jungle Carpet Python (females VPI Bloodline)
0.1.0 Burmese Python (Rescue)
0.1.0 Albino Retic (Lavender)
0.1.0 Avicularia Versicolor
1.0.0 Cat

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