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Normal respiration rate of boas
Does anyone know the average breathes per minute of boas? I put a f/t mouse in my dumeril's enclosure and I never really noticed his breathing before, but his side is against the part of the enclosure that I can see and it looks likes he is breathing every 2 seconds. Does that mean he's really stressed out?
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Hes probably breathing faster just bc hes in hunting mode
Last edited by Mike41793; 03-15-2012 at 08:29 AM.
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I don't know specific numbers for breathing rates, but they breathe like us - when they're relaxed, their breathing rate is lower, and when they're excited, stressed, or worked up in any way their breathing rate (and their heart rate for that matter) will increase.
The only time you really need to worry about your snake's breathing is if you see it gaping its mouth and trying to mouth breathe, or if you hear wheezing/whistling/popping when it breathes or if you can see mucous bubbling around the mouth and nose. Any of those - or any combination of those - would indicate a respiratory infection.
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Re: Normal respiration rate of boas
Originally Posted by Alexandra V
I don't know specific numbers for breathing rates, but they breathe like us - when they're relaxed, their breathing rate is lower, and when they're excited, stressed, or worked up in any way their breathing rate (and their heart rate for that matter) will increase.
The only time you really need to worry about your snake's breathing is if you see it gaping its mouth and trying to mouth breathe, or if you hear wheezing/whistling/popping when it breathes or if you can see mucous bubbling around the mouth and nose. Any of those - or any combination of those - would indicate a respiratory infection.
X2, couldn't have worded it better.
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Re: Normal respiration rate of boas
Originally Posted by Alexandra V
I don't know specific numbers for breathing rates, but they breathe like us - when they're relaxed, their breathing rate is lower, and when they're excited, stressed, or worked up in any way their breathing rate (and their heart rate for that matter) will increase.
The only time you really need to worry about your snake's breathing is if you see it gaping its mouth and trying to mouth breathe, or if you hear wheezing/whistling/popping when it breathes or if you can see mucous bubbling around the mouth and nose. Any of those - or any combination of those - would indicate a respiratory infection.
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