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My boa has gone completely limp. Now I don't know much about this, but I can assume this is not good. A couple of days ago, he wouldn't eat, so I completely changed out his bedding and water and disinfected his cage. Today, he is completely limp, but he is conscious, as he still sticks his tongue out at me. I'm a little more than worried. No vets are open until tomorrow morning. Anyone have ANY suggestions as to why? Any help would be appreciated.

What did you use to disinfect the cage? What kind of bedding? Maybe the fumes are the problem. If this could be the problem fresh air might help. Oxygen might work better though.
Good luck,
Jeff

>>My boa has gone completely limp. Now I don't know much about this, but I can assume this is not good. A couple of days ago, he wouldn't eat, so I completely changed out his bedding and water and disinfected his cage. Today, he is completely limp, but he is conscious, as he still sticks his tongue out at me. I'm a little more than worried. No vets are open until tomorrow morning. Anyone have ANY suggestions as to why? Any help would be appreciated.

This won't be much help, but I had a boa constrictor that did that once. I just made his environment as good as possible (temp, etc.), and he recovered completly. I agree its a strange problem. Hopefully somebody will have better info.

Back when my boa was limp, I was worried at the time that I had given him a meal that was too large. Any chance you fed yours an unusually large meal? Just a thought. Funny, I couldn't find anything on the internet about this. Good luck.

...if so, immediately get it off of that bedding and completely clean out the cage before putting it back in there. Cedar is deadly toxic.

Every once in a while, boas refuse to eat for one reason or another. Do not worry about one missed feeding unless there are other symptoms accompanying it.

Matthew

I've seen muscle tone go limp particularly in the mid body to tail section when an animal has a high flagyllate infestation. The body gets very bloated and squishy feeling (poor muscle tone) and there's minimal defecation. If this is the case and the animal is not treated it will most likely die. I hope this is not the problem but a fecal smear will show it and it is easily treated. If a vet's not available maybe you know someone experienced that can help you treat it with flagyl. Of course this is only if this is the cause of your animal being limp.