Has this happend to anyone else before?

Hi all.
My Columbian Boa was sick a few weeks ago. It wasnt an R.I. but he did have mucas in his mouth and was weezeing a little. The vet gave me some drops and it seemed to clear things up. When he was sick his coloring went pretty dark. It has remained that way since. He used to have a lot of pink and grey, now he is dark grey and brown.
Have any of you heard of this happening before? Do you think him being sick caused his color change?

How long have you had him? And has he always been his previous color? If he is getting better after a prolonged illness he might well be coming back into his natural colors. That's a wild hazarded guess though and I don't want to misdirect you - I'll defer to Will or anyone else more knowledgeable in the Boa arena.

I've had him for just over a year. He is about 3-3.5' long. Im actually unsure of its sex. He has been light grey/pink for the entire time I've owned him up until he got sick...

Well then scrap everything i just proffered - was a hazarded guess. Hang out until someone who actually knows a good bit about them (or at least keeps them :P) comes along. Has ther been any change in diet/temps since he's been sick? eating less? tending to the cool hide etc?

when he was sick, I uped the temps a little, he has been hanging out on the cooler side of the tank though so I think I am going to drop them again...

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I do not have a specific answer to your situation, but I do know that some BCI's do change to a darker color while gravid, and retain darker tones after giving birth, so there is some evidence that physiological changes can change color. I have never heard of one changing color after recovering from an illness, however. Could it still be sick/recovering?

the sickness would definatly cause the color change. and my guess,like randy suggested, is that its probably still recovering, and maybe youll have to wait till the next shed for the colors to return. just a guess though. :)

mine gets darker about half-way between sheds. first 15 or so days, grey and pink as can be... with a beautiful red tinted tail. then the last 15 or so, he changes slowly to darker grey, (was in this stage when i bought him, hence the name...), and the pink is almost not visible. the tail is clearly brown, hardly any red.

Sounds like mouth rot by the way. Pretty common actually.

Mouth rot is a scary thought. I saw a picture in one of my books, of a bci with severe mouthrot that was probably fatal. Anyone know a definate way of preventing it? It's one of those things I have nightmares about.

thanks for the imput guys.
He has lightened back up a little but I dont think he will ever be as light as he was...
He is better now..
Mouthrot huh?
Do you think the conditions in the cage need to be changed? My ball python had the same thing so I quaranteed them both and gave them the drops. They seem fine now but I would hate for them to get sick again.
Could it have been the flooring I had them on? I had the two of them on half repti-carpet and half moss (not sure what kind... some kind of mexican moss simular to peat moss I think.
I now have the boa on paper towels and the python is on a regular green towel. (seems to work well, and it looks good)

flooring, hmmm. I dunno. Give a full description of your husbandry and the condition, pics might help. And hopefully the medical expert, Rusty, can help pin point it.

Like I stated before I had them both in tanks with half repti-carpet and half moss. I have a heating pad on one side with a small watt heating bulb above. They are both in glass tanks. So to help with humidity I use a damp towel. I keep the boas humidity at around 60% with heat at 85hot and 75cool. I make sure to not cover all of the top with the towel so they get some circulation.
The python is about the same with a little less humidity (about 55).
The humidity was a bit lower (probably around 50) when they got sick. After they got better I upped the humidity a bit.
So I guess its either the substrate or the lack of humidity?