Help!

20 gallon breeders, and a 60watt (made for 10-20 gallon tanks) Also we did just get them last night so It could be the dehydrated thing. That part slipped my mind. I had a friend buy a BP that did that for the first 2 days he got him.

Well I wouldn't worry about them.. just make double sure there's no mites (especially since they are boas.. mites are a great way to transfer diseases to your pythons for instance.. and boas can be asymptomatic carriers of IBD which is lethal to pythons)

Obviously.. strict quarantine is imperative.

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Originally Posted by Holbeird

My wife just said when she first got home and checked the humidity it was at 53% at the time, also having balls I checked for mites when I found them in the same bowl eairlier (before we switched them to their own cages) and neither came back with mites when I checked their eyes, nose, and no red dots.

I've also read sometimes they'll soak when they're nearing shed (just read that in a RTB care sheet) so could that be it?

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NONE of my boas soak. I have 18 of them. I keep the humidity at 60% and mist them twice daily. I don't know man, I'd let them settle in more before you jump to any conclusions. Give them a week without touching them (only to water and clean if needed) and then start knocking out possibilities. Treating a new snake for mites as precautionary is the BEST thing you can do. I think Shelby is right, if it's not mites it's probably due to the fact they were dehydrated before and are trying to rectify it. Your ceramic heat should be regulated too, by a tstat or dimmer.

They're no longer in the same cage together, they were only int he same together last night, because when we bought them, they were in the same cage together and we didn't have an extra heat lamp or UTH at home. Also, the humidity was in the 50-60 range till I took the lid off for a bit to mess with them. As i said, I checked for mites, and neither seemed to have them, i've had a bp i bought with mites for a friend, and I know how to get rid of them, so I checked for that first. Also the heaters are regulated by a thermostat

Well sounds like you're taking good care of them. Just keep an eye on them and let them settle in for awhile before messing with them.. like Jim said.