How to upset a baby boa in one easy step...

So I feed my new boa for the first time today, I probably should have waited until next week but I missed counted when I took the rat pups out of the freezer. I definately did not feed her like the breeder did. I offered her the rat pup and she struck defensively at it 2-3 times. She then spent the next 15-20 minutes sitting in the corner of her cage with her mouth open hissing at me even though I wasn't any where near the cage. I thought she was upset when she arrived, but this was way beyond that. She did finally calm down and eat the rat pup, but man was she mad. :O

Lesson learned for next time: Just drop it in and close the lid, she knows what to do. :P

The title of this thread made me giggle before I even opened it. :giggle:
Poor little boa, she fears change! :P

Thanks for sharing this.. put a smile on my face lol.

LOL.....It is funny though how even a mad boa will still eat.... My boa ate 2 days after I picked her up. They are so much easier to get to eat than a bp....:D

first day I got Buffy, she ate...no problems. I think a boas biggest fear is missing a meal...that supercedes all other fears :)

Like the first one here?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6XjjOpJOOg

Mine has been doing the same thing! The very first night I got him he ate by striking and coiling and just devoured the mouse. The past few times though he just strikes at it a few times then looks at it close up...and won't strike. Eventually my hand got numb from holding the tongs so I just drop the mouse on his "lap" and walk away, within 5 minutes the darn mouse is gone lol. It only took me two weeks to realize I'm not wasting my time dangling like I do with my bps lol.

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Originally Posted by MasonC2K

Like the first one here?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6XjjOpJOOg

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Yup, it was almost exactly like that, except you could still hear her hissing for a long while afterwards. :P

I can just picture her sitting in the corner sulking. :P

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Originally Posted by dragonboy4578

LOL.....It is funny though how even a mad boa will still eat.... My boa ate 2 days after I picked her up. They are so much easier to get to eat than a bp....:D

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^^^^Understatement^^^^

BP's are a pain to feed, well maybe my babies are. But my baby Kenyan has eaten since day one only refusing 1 meal and he shed the next day. My Redtail would eat everyday if I gave it to her. I feed her every 3 days, just picked her up and she is way underweight.

Wow, you got a girl with attitude, lol! My little guy is the CHILLEST of the chill. He'll coil around my arm and just "sit" there for hours or I can put him on my chest and shoulders and he'll do the same. Been like that since day one... :D I can picture your girl, lol!