Sorry if this is stupid but I'm worried. x
My boa will tilt up the first third or so of his body very high, tongue flicking and seemingly alert, sometimes to the point where he tilts back a bit and needs to right himself. However, this only seems to happen when induced by visual stimuli like passing through a door (he's fascinated with the doorframe??) or when a ceiling fan is on in the room. I haven't yet seen him doing it without it looking like he was checking out something in the air above him or while just in his enclosure.
Also, I've noticed that when he strains a bit while climbing (or when he gets nervous and starts to thrash a bit when being put back in the enclosure) he has a very faint, high pitched squeak. Again, I've never heard it when it wasn't sometime he was straining. His temp on the hot side is 93. The ambients stay in the 80-85 range and his humidity is always at around 60%. He doesn't mouth breathe or blow bubbles, but I dunno if this is the start of a RI or not. He also eats one small rat weekly, and has never refused a meal in the time I've had him.
Are these normal things, or the indication of sickness?
Thank you for any help. And sorry if its just me being paranoid, I'm a first-time boa owner.
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