Rolson
10-14-15, 12:15 AM
My baby rainbow boa is about 5 months old and about two feet in length, we got her from petco and they told us they were feeding her two fuzzies every week. They first time we fed her seemed good her response was awesome and she was striking good and getting them down fine. The next week we fed her a couple days later we found one of the fuzzies had been regurgitated. We had also just moved her to her new cage at that time after she ate. the cage is a 55 gallon and its 36 inches long and it has a mini pond that we made which has a waterfall/water filter inside of it. When she first got put in her new cage after eating we noticed she had went to her pond and drank and submerged herself. After reading some i found out that they are not supposed to drink a lot after eating and i thought that was the reason she had regurgitated, but i also knew it could have been the fact we moved her into her new and larger cage. The next week we fed her half her normal amount, we only gave her one fuzzie. She kept the one fuzzie down fine and i put her straight into her hide away from her water. we moved her back up to two fuzzies the following week and she kept those down fine as well, i had put her straight into her hide away from her water again. However when we fed her the normal two fuzzies this time She did not strike at her food and actually moved pretty slow and just pressed her face up against the fuzzie and slowly started eating it. This leads to the most recent feeding which was last sunday. She again did not strike and was moving quite slow and just pressed her face against the fuzzie and slowly started eating it. Monday night everything was fine she was in her hot humid hide and was relaxing. This morning we find two regurgitated fuzzies in her pond. Her humidity is in the high 90's and her temp range is at 76-85
So in conclusion she has had successful feeds in both cages (her first tank was 10 gallons) The only time she regurgitated in the new cage prior to this was when i noticed she had got to her water bowl right after we put her back. So i think it might be that she is getting too much water after she eats sometimes and i say sometimes because the time she did feed successfully with two fuzzies while she was in her new cage i put her straight back to her hide no where near her water. This time after feeding her she did go straight to her hide again but i found the fuzzies in her pond which leads me to think she was in the water when it happened.
-should i remove her pond and place a smaller water bowl in her cage so i can remove it until the 48 hours passes after feeding her to put it back in?
-i also thought she might not have been getting enough belly heat so i thinned her substrate out above her heat pad so she would get a better source. temp is still at 85-86 we use a thermostat.
-is her new cage too big for her? is it stressing her out? i dont see her out of her hide a lot so i thought this might be a possibility even though she has had a successful feeding of two fuzzies while living inside of it. I know rainbow boas and all snakes for that matter can be timid and want to hide/burrow but she doesn't come out a lot at all. i guess she comes out really late at night like in the early morning hours which would explain why we didnt see the two most recent fuzzies that were regurgitated in the pond until this morning.
Other then her recent lack of aggression while feeding and the 2 incidents of regurgitation she seems to be very healthy and her skin looks amazing and has a good glow to it, she is also shedding fine.
Pls help asap i love my baby!
So in conclusion she has had successful feeds in both cages (her first tank was 10 gallons) The only time she regurgitated in the new cage prior to this was when i noticed she had got to her water bowl right after we put her back. So i think it might be that she is getting too much water after she eats sometimes and i say sometimes because the time she did feed successfully with two fuzzies while she was in her new cage i put her straight back to her hide no where near her water. This time after feeding her she did go straight to her hide again but i found the fuzzies in her pond which leads me to think she was in the water when it happened.
-should i remove her pond and place a smaller water bowl in her cage so i can remove it until the 48 hours passes after feeding her to put it back in?
-i also thought she might not have been getting enough belly heat so i thinned her substrate out above her heat pad so she would get a better source. temp is still at 85-86 we use a thermostat.
-is her new cage too big for her? is it stressing her out? i dont see her out of her hide a lot so i thought this might be a possibility even though she has had a successful feeding of two fuzzies while living inside of it. I know rainbow boas and all snakes for that matter can be timid and want to hide/burrow but she doesn't come out a lot at all. i guess she comes out really late at night like in the early morning hours which would explain why we didnt see the two most recent fuzzies that were regurgitated in the pond until this morning.
Other then her recent lack of aggression while feeding and the 2 incidents of regurgitation she seems to be very healthy and her skin looks amazing and has a good glow to it, she is also shedding fine.
Pls help asap i love my baby!