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    Re: Jill needs some help!

    Quote Originally Posted by Bogertophis View Post
    Well I'd sure listen to Vin Russo for the temps. etc....as I said, I'm not specifically familiar with these, it was just a thought.

    Not sure a vet will see anything that you cannot, and that adds more stress, so it wouldn't be something I'd do without obvious reason, like an RI.

    So you're not sure she has ever defecated then? am I reading this right? Between being in a small cage & not moving around much (hiding) maybe this is why
    she's not eating? In the wild, with a predator (you) lurking about, perhaps her instinct is to wait until it (you) leaves? Again, just a guess... I mean, hiding from
    predators & fasting as needed is what snakes do. Maybe she is just way more shy than the male?

    I'm just helping you brainstorm, I don't "know" for sure what the answer is...but trying to see it from her perspective.

    She needs "assertiveness training", lol...
    I want to say I remember she has but like I said I wasn't logging any of this so I don't want to say for certain. I know for sure I've cleaned up urate from her but im not sure about feces. Lesson learned there for sure. She has a hide in the tub and some vine clutter to make her feel more secure? In the bigger tub it was just the hide and water bowl but like I said she ate 4 time's(weeks) in a row for me and today makes 8 weeks since she hasn't. A friend of mine said not to worry until 9 weeks cuz that's how long it takes to lose body mass? He's owned reptiles for a long time so I trust his opinion I just thought I'd ask here too. Im only ever in the room they're in twice a day. Once in the morning to check temps and such and same thing at night. Every once in a while I'll go in there to grab one to take out and handle but it's never more than a couple seconds so there's almost no traffic in the room she's in.
    I know going off feed and fasting is very common I just wasn't sure if 8 weeks now is too long for a 9 month old boa.
    Last edited by Toad37; 05-23-2019 at 03:08 PM.

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