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This morning I found my baby hogg island hiding underneath her bedding. Is this normal? Or is she trying to escape the heat in her cage or something like that? I didn't think boas normally tried to dig.

They will almost always try to hide... whether it's crawling under newspaper, in a box/hide/cave, under bedding...
In my smaller boas enclosures that contain aspen, most are usually under the paper..
Try putting in a hide box, cave, or even an empty papertowel roll.. she will most likely switch and use that...

I use empty toilet paper rolls for basically free hide spots for babies, and empty papertowel rolls for free tearling hide spots..

I also use empty mini/single serving cereal boxes as hides for them..
half a coffee cup, turned upside down... possibilities are endless..

It provides a sense of security and your baby should be much happier.

take care - Joe
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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo
'Tis not the stongest of the species that will eventually survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change' Charles Darwin

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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo
'Tis not the stongest of the species that will eventually survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change' Charles Darwin

Thanks for the help... she already has a hide box, but if she'd rather dig through her bedding, I guess that's up to her... I'll try adding another place for her to hide and see if that helps. Thanks again!
-Alyssa