180g Male Mojave acting strange

[BPNoobie]

Hello all, My male has been acting strange the past two days. I'd like to give you a little background so you can see why I'm worried.

Last Wednesday we took in a rescue RTB... Friday night we started worrying that it might have IBD so Saturday morning we moved our BP's out of the room and into the dining room. They we fed Saturday night.

They all seemed to be acting normal Sunday & Monday, but Tuesday morning when I got up I noticed Mo was being a little strange. From 4am basically until I went to bed last night at 1am, he kept "pacing" in his tub. He'd go from one side to the other, nose all the way to the top. If I opened his tub, he was more than eager to climb out on my arm & periscope some more. He's still doing it today.

My question is, could this be because it's breeding season & he smells the 3 females surrounding him (none of which are breed ready)? Or should I worry about him?

[angllady2]

I can't help but wonder why on earth you didn't quarantine a new snake, especially a rescue, and most especially a boa ??!!

I know stress and a change on environment can bring about such behavior, but whether or not he is sick I can't tell you.

My best advice is this, he is your snake and you know him. If you don't think he's right, chances are he's not. A vet visit will go a long way towards easing your mind.

Gale

[BPNoobie]

I can't help but wonder why on earth you didn't quarantine a new snake, especially a rescue, and most especially a boa ??!!

He was quarantined. He was in his own enclosure on a separate side of the room, and handled last. I moved them just to be extra sure.

[Kinra]

Before you start to worry yourself gray I would read through this: http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...f-Up-About-IBD

Your best bet is to keep an eye on him for a while. If you were quarantining correctly I think it's possible that your mojave could just be stressed about moving or hungry. I highly doubt at his size that he's interested in the females near him. I keep my males and females in the same rack and my males don't act any different this time of year. I do have two hatchlings that are very active at night when they are hungry (as early as a day or two after feeding )

[RichsBallPythons]

Sounds like the move to a diff room in house, has a different atmosphere feeling and their stressed out.

In a weeks time they will be back to normal

[LotsaBalls]

Sounds like the move to a diff room in house, has a different atmosphere feeling and their stressed out.

In a weeks time they will be back to normal

This was my first thought to.

[BPNoobie]

Before you start to worry yourself gray I would read through this: http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...f-Up-About-IBD

Your best bet is to keep an eye on him for a while. If you were quarantining correctly I think it's possible that your mojave could just be stressed about moving or hungry. I highly doubt at his size that he's interested in the females near him. I keep my males and females in the same rack and my males don't act any different this time of year. I do have two hatchlings that are very active at night when they are hungry (as early as a day or two after feeding )

Thanks for the read, will definitely get into it tonight. I'm hoping he might just be hungry, think it's time to move up to rats.

& as for the IBD, I'm starting to lean away from it in the boa anyway. She does definitely have some sort of neurological problem, but no mouth rot, RI, or does she stargaze.

I'm just a worrywart.

Thanks to all, I feel much better now