And my girlfriend purchased a red tail boa

[bcr229]

Boas love to eat and boas have a slow metabolism. So boas get fat quick and lose weight slow. It's like a recipe for disaster by Mother Nature lol.

Actually it's a recipe for survival in the wild - they only need to eat a few times a year to survive once they reach adulthood. The recipe for disaster comes when they are overfed by well-meaning but uneducated keepers who get them so fat that the boa becomes obese and dies.

[Sauzo]

Actually it's a recipe for survival in the wild - they only need to eat a few times a year to survive once they reach adulthood. The recipe for disaster comes when they are overfed by well-meaning but uneducated keepers who get them so fat that the boa becomes obese and dies.

Well i kind of meant it for captivity.

[Skyrivers]

So when I got home and the dogs were barking as I entered the house, I looked over and Lucy (what she named her RTB) was in her hide. When I walked by her enclosure I noticed she was peeking out her hide and was watching us. I went through all my enclosures changing everyone's water and spot cleaning. When I got to Lucy she was almost completely out of her hide and watching me and the dogs moving around the house. I opened her enclosure and she climbed out and rested on my shoulders as I finished my work. I almost forgot she was there. She was the last snake to be cared for so I felt was ok. When I sat down with her I examined her again. She showed now signs of mites. I even checked her water dish. I gave her a bath which she seamed to enjoy. She did not want out of the tub. When I placed her back in her enclosure she proceeded to rearrange everything then settled into her hide again. The reason I gave her a bath is that every time I would turn on the water in the kitchen she would go right for it. She seams to love water. Is this unusual? I did put paper towels in her cage as suggested. I think she is just active and enjoys a good swim. Before now she was in a tub and had no room to explore. I think she feels some level of freedom she had never had before? She also did not know what to do with a hide when I put her into her enclosure. She would lay around it and on top of it. I introduced her to the entrance and she explored it a few min. Yesterday when I came home was the first time I have seen her to actually use it as a hide. I think everything is new to her and she is curious about how it all works. I could be wrong but I hope not. She also appears to watch TV from time to time.

[Skyrivers]

This is what she was doing when I got home. Still no signs of mites. Could she be pregnant?

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[Sauzo]

Do you have nice tight hides for her on the cool and warm sides? A lot of time a snake will use the water bowl if there is no other place to feel secure. And this can create issues as they will take security over thermoregulating if it comes down to it.

[Skyrivers]

Do you have nice tight hides for her on the cool and warm sides? A lot of time a snake will use the water bowl if there is no other place to feel secure. And this can create issues as they will take security over thermoregulating if it comes down to it.

He hides both are the square ones and she uses them both. They are just a little larger than she is.

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[Ernie Mccracken]

Did you take the snake to petco?

[Skyrivers]

Did you take the snake to petco?

Walked through Petco today with my reticulated. She needed a thermostat.

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[Sauzo]

He hides both are the square ones and she uses them both. They are just a little larger than she is.

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Maybe you just got a soaker LOL. Also might be soaking if its too hot. But if everything is ok tempwise and humidity wise, and you dont see mites or find dead ones in the water bowl, i wouldnt worry.

[Skyrivers]

Maybe you just got a soaker LOL. Also might be soaking if its too hot. But if everything is ok tempwise and humidity wise, and you dont see mites or find dead ones in the water bowl, i wouldnt worry.

Humidity is 70% temps are spot on. Double checked with temp gun.

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