I witnessed some weird behavior today. My dumeril's passed about a month and a half worth of rats last night and then layed in it. I threw him in the bath tub and let him soak a little and washed him up. Nothing out of the normal. i went to pick him up and when i had him in my arms he became SO flighty. He wanted down. He was fast and squirmy like a freakin milk snake. keep in mind he is 5' and fairly heavy. It took everything i had to keep him from taking off. i went through the hall way with him pretty fast as he was going for the walls or floor or anything he could. He wanted DOWN. finally i got him to his cage. I have never seen a boid act like this. He is a bit flighty in the cage which ive heard is typical dumerils behavior but even then it is relatively slow compared to a colubrid. He was acting crazy and it scared me to see a 5' boid act that way LOL. Thoughts?
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Not fun!
johnthebaptist
Feb 04, 2011 11:48 AM
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pathigdon
Feb 08, 2011 04:38 PM
I've had this happen before too. They are definitely hard to hold on to. LOL!!
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Pat Higdon - Higdons Herps, Tuttle, Oklahoma USA
Oklahoma City Herpetological Society Member
4 dumerils boas, 1 bci boa, 2 rosy boas, 3 burmese pythons, 1 reticulated python, 2 ball pythons, 1 borneo python, 10 bearded dragons, 9 leopard geckos, 3 african fat-tail geckos & 1 sulcata tortoise
