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Hog Island Boa Not Eating

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  • 08-18-2016, 01:24 AM
    Chris4
    Hog Island Boa Not Eating
    My hog island female who I've had for about two weeks is a captive bred baby. She has a 20 gallon tank, fir bark bedding, 2 hides, water, and is about 85 degrees. She has not responded to anything I have tried to feed her frozen and finding live mice where I live, they're just not sold. I put her in a separate tub with aspen bedding a small hide and water (very simplistic) and use bamboo tongs. Idk if it's how I'm preparing the mice, if she is too stressed out. I just don't know at this point. She seems completely uninterested in the food though.
  • 08-18-2016, 04:36 AM
    Chris4
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  • 08-18-2016, 08:00 AM
    Eavlynn
    Re: Hog Island Boa Not Eating
    Have you tried feeding her in her own enclosure? Whats her humidity? How warm are the prey items when offered?

    She's still new, so I wouldn't panic too much just yet. That good old boa feeding response should kick in before too long. Did you ask the breeder or previous owner what she had been eating before she was purchased?
  • 08-18-2016, 09:23 AM
    bcr229
    Boas need a gradient, 78-88*F is ideal.

    How are you providing heat (bulb, CHE, under-tank heater, etc), what type of thermometer are you using to measure it, and what type of thermostat are you using to regulate the heat?

    What is the humidity?

    When set up properly baby boas are typically voracious little garbage disposals.
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