I just got a boa about a week ago ( well got two, but worried about one..) She is a 7ft female... very sweet, has never bit anyone. The guy that we got her from said she was gravid- he had been putting her with the male that we got with her for a couple of weeks.

What is worrying me is that shes wheezing .. im thinking its URI - the wheezing is fairly constant and she sounds like shes having a hard time breathing. The previous owner said that she "breathes out loudly" which on one had i can understand because shes so big, but it doesn't really sound just like hard breathing... its more like shes got a stuffy nose and she cant clear it. Another reason i think its URI is because he had been housing her in a 40 gal breeder and i know that its hard to get temps and humidity just right in a tank. We are also keeping her in a 40 gal tank temporarily, but will be putting her in a cage soon.

Her ambiant heat is about 83ish with the hotter side being closer to 90˚ and the cooler one being closer to the low 80's mid 70's. We also have a huuge water tub for her in the cage which brings me to the second thing that's bothering me- she's been soaking.. completely emerged her body into the water... since about late last night and shes still in the water now. We have checked her over and she does not appear to have mites,but should i still treat the tank with p.a.m?


and finally.. are these things common in large gravid boas ?

here are a couple of pics i just took of her:






and a pic of the two:


if anyone has any info that would be awesome, thanks for looking.