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What's up everyone Just wanted to stop by and say what's up I just joined today....Hope To see some great stuff and meet some cool people

[sharthun]

Hey and welcome!

[EL Ziggy]

Welcome and best wishes.

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[dave himself]

Welcome aboard :)

[marvelfreak]

Hello and welcome! So what kind of reptiles do you keep or are into?

[bigsnakegirl785]

Hello and welcome. :)

[bstein54]

I follow you on instagram and I value your opinion, please help me if you can. My argentine boa is 5.5 feet and has been refusing his normal frozen thawed medium/large rat for 3 weeks, he goes up to it for a minute or 2 and then backs off. Today I gave him a medium live one and after it went by his head several times he grabbed it. After he swallowed it and and it was resting down in his stomach for a few minutes he opened his mouth really wide and began squirming and forcing the rat up until it was out of him. I don't know why he is acting this way, he's always had a great feeding response. If you have any insight please respond I'm wicked worried about him.

Thank you.

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Almost forgot about this thread!!

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone.

I follow you on instagram and I value your opinion, please help me if you can. My argentine boa is 5.5 feet and has been refusing his normal frozen thawed medium/large rat for 3 weeks, he goes up to it for a minute or 2 and then backs off. Today I gave him a medium live one and after it went by his head several times he grabbed it. After he swallowed it and and it was resting down in his stomach for a few minutes he opened his mouth really wide and began squirming and forcing the rat up until it was out of him. I don't know why he is acting this way, he's always had a great feeding response. If you have any insight please respond I'm wicked worried about him.

Thank you.


That is definitely not good!!! A lot can cause a snake to regorge, unfortunately none of it is really good. Depending on where you live a lot of snakes go off of food for winter, especially depending on age. Winter is breeding season for many species as well as a drastic change in barometric pressure really kind of throws the snake for a loop. Only about 1/3 of my collection is eating currently but i am in Michigan and the weather has been very up and down.

I would make sure your boa has good clean water (and lots of it) and then just let him be for 5 or 6 days. Regurging takes a lot out of the animal and they need to recoup. IF you notice any weird behavior in those few days its to the vet ASAP!.

As long as he is in good condition body weight wise, i would wait at least 2 if not 3 more weeks before offering food. These animals are very very hearty and going a month or month and a half without eating is nothing to them. My mochino male hasn't eaten since the last week of Sept and has bred for me and is completely fine (he is refusing meals). He hasn't lost any body weight and I am not worried. As long as your animal isn't visibly losing weight i wouldn't worry about the refusal.

Are you sure he is okay mouth rot/RI/health wise as well? Im not accusing you of missing something with your animal, just covering the bases.

Whats your name on IG?

[trailblazer295]

Welcome fellow newbie

[bstein54]

He doesn't appear to have lost any weight at all. I inspected the crap out of him last night and theres nothing I can see around his mouth/head/body that would be of concern. He has a clean bowl full of water and his cage is cleaned regularly. I moved into a new apartment 2 months ago for work in Pittburgh and only planned on being here for a short period of time and have been struggling with keeping the humidity up bc the cage has a screen top. I keep a wet towel over the top of it and that always worked well but the humidity has been dipping down into the low 50s at times and I know that is really low. Could that be causing him to act this way? I just ordered a boaphile cage but its going to take 4-5 weeks to come in. Should I get a mini humidifier and just put it in or next to his cage for the time being?

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