My female waigeo island tree boa is gone. I got 2.1 new waigeos over a month ago and had started keeping them with my larger female to form a 2.2 group. I know all were present and accounted for last weekend when I tried feeding them, but today the newer female was gone. I'm confident she didn't escape the enclosure-it's been her home for a few weeks and the smaller males are both still there. I took everything out and even dug in the bark to see if she was hiding. The only thing I can think of is the larger female must have eaten her. Has anyone experienced Candoia cannibalism? This bigger female used to be a really enthusiastic feeder on f/t mice but stopped eating a few weeks ago. The new female ate a pinky but also stopped eating around the same time. My window blinds are usually open, so I figured they saw how short the days were and had slowed down for winter. In any case, none of them have eaten for a while and the remaining 3 still aren't showing much interest in food. I'm pretty bummed about losing a rodent-eating female, I just wish I knew for sure what happened.
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Cannibal Candoia?
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I don't know how she did it, but somehow she hid when I took everything out and looked for her. I saw all 4 of them last night, so she didn't escape or get eaten.
I've done that before and found them sitting in the branches I removed. They blended in so well I did not notice them at first. Glad you found it.
Dan
I guess that must be what happened because I know she wasn't in the enclosure when I looked. I'm lucky she didn't crawl away while I had all the plants and branches sitting on the floor if that's where she was.
