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Peruvian female at age 3 months.

It shed at age 4 months and at first I thought it had a skin disease so off she went into quarantine where she remains but she hasn't regurged and she eats every week and sheds perfect. I don't know what to think. Is it safe to take her out of quarantine? The only thing I can think of that MAY of happened is when I clean cages I use Provent-O-Mite every other month and maybe she was sensitive. She wasn't in the cage when I sprayed but maybe the fumes....who knows. None of the other animals has ever had any problems, if it is one, like this. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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in the process of typing the second.....I was thinking to myself...nice boa, but nothing out of the ordinary LOL. Now that i see the second post yeah, that IS odd. I've never seen anything like it.

when I first got her she was like a normal boa but after a few sheds she has that burnt ash charcoal rub look to her also, I think it may be a paradoxial(if thats a word) color trait in a normal boa, since most paradox albinos are from dbl het litters it might be where it comes from, some of her saddles are almost black now, she is really turning into an ugly looking snake but I am an optomist and hope to breed her in a year or two and maybe get a paradox albino in her litter.
I also have 5 of her sisters and two brothers , none of them have done that color transformation and they are all housed in the same room, same shelf , same everything just that she is the only one who gets darker after each shed, Maybe I can get lucky to have her loose all color and become a luecistic after one shed.... LOL

I'm sure your Peruvian is healthy and I would also like to think that those mite products have been tested and proven 100% safe for all critters.

just my thaught.

A couple of years ago I made a bad decision and used a questionable food source (adult mice with their throats cut...obviously used for some sort of research---thyroid?). Four of my young Boas were fed these mice, and all four had very strange responses...all had drastic color changes, and one of them began regurging. I eventually euthanized him. He was a gorgeous snake, but after nursing him for 18 months without resolution, I decided it was hopeless (photo below). Two of the snakes recovered completely during the next 6 months, but one never reverted to his "regular" colors. One of the affected snakes reproduced this year, so I guess the long-term effects are minimal.

All the best-
Jim Lineberger

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