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I have a Dumeril's female I bought from Bob Clark in March of this year. At first, I had trouble getting her to eat, but after getting some advice on this forum, I put her into a small rubbermaid type container with stayfresh type litter she could burrow in, and I put her in a quiet part of the house. That seemed to do the trick and she started eating and gaining weight.

After she had aclimated well, I moved her to a 29 gal aquarium with stayfresh bedding, a covered (thick sock) heat rock, and a half log propped on top of a rock. She seemed to love this setup and would pop her head out every night in what seemed a hunting pose. When I would drop a mouse in with her, she would nail it as soon as it got close enough. She would even move towards a mouse if it didn't come her way quickly enough. So, all in all, it seemed she was very well adjusted and liked the setup very much.

Then, about 2 weeks ago, I noticed her cruising around the cage and lifing up her head as high as she could, trying to find a way out. I cleaned the cage thoroughly, changed the beddding and checked that the heat source was working etc. All to no avail. She still seems unhappy, won't eat and every night cruises around the cage looking for a way out.

I don't think she is cold, since I have never seen her basking or resting on the warm end of the cage. She has shed several times without incident, has plenty of fresh water etc.

So, I have no idea what is making her unhappy. Anyone with more experience with Dumeril's than I have any suggestions?

youre wondering if shes warm enough but the answer may be right in front of you? have you ever stopped to think that she may be too warm?

I would go back to what was working. If your Dumerils liked the rubbermaid setup then go with it.
Dumerils boas can be very fussy about thier cages. Some of them when they are small do not like glass terraiums and will go off feed.

if ya got a cat it may be hanging by the cage after everyone is in bed. I am almost begining to think its more seasonal. I get so many emails this time of year wondering what is up with peoples dumerils it almost makes me wonder if the offspring not really hybernate but go dormat for a couple months. I am going to have to see if anyone has been there in the late fall early winter it would make sense I know it can get into the 40's where they are from and in captivity they will sense the change outside even though nothing has changed inside
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Well i know what you mean i have a 04 dum and well i know for the past 4-5 days she has been more active and refusing food and is just not acting herself but yet nothing has changed except for getting 2 more dums this past weekend and they are not even in the same room.
just thought that i would let you know that you are not alone

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