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i noticed my female brb is laying on her side a lot lately. she started doing this around monday or tuesday. is this normal for brb's or no.

please help

steve

Steve,
...This is a common behaviour for mature female BRBs. Adult males and subadult females do it some but not nearly as much as the mature females. It is abnormal behaviour for any BRB less than 18 months old.
Jeff

>>i noticed my female brb is laying on her side a lot lately. she started doing this around monday or tuesday. is this normal for brb's or no.
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>>please help
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>>steve

she isnt that old... she's probably around 10 or 11 months old. should i be worried?

also, she hasnt ate in 2 weeks.. she isnt loosing any weight and is still strong in my hands and also moves around at night like normal... can it be that she's just not hungry?

my male is only a few months old and he is getting opague to shed. he also is refusing to eat.. can it be posible that he refuses to eat during a shed cycle at such a young age?

steve

I've never had a snake eat while in the process of shedding.

Also my young BRBs shed on nearly the same cycle so they could both be shedding but at different stages in the process.

I wouldn't worry too much about that and feed the snake when it actually sheds. She'll be good and hungry then.

Hmmm... All my BRBs eating even while completely blue. Maybe mine are greedy.
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2.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boas

>>Hmmm... All my BRBs eating even while completely blue. Maybe mine are greedy.
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>>2.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boas

n/p

All my snakes eat while in shed also. The sole exception is my mangrove snake (Boiga dendrophila), and that is simply because she ONLY eats live, and I don't offer her food while she's in shed. My BRB and other snakes all eat while in shed.