HELP - Solomon Island Boa

[CARLiTO_]

I just bought a baby solomon island boa at the expo from PC Pets. It was really active but when i got it home, it's not really active. It keeps turning around and opening it's mouth. Right now, it's the size of an earthworm.

Is this normal?

[CARLiTO_]

I think it just died. I only bought it at 12:30 PM, it is now 5:13 pm.


****, this sucks..

[bistrobob85]

What did you do to him? Did you manipulate him a lot? What did you put it in? What did you transported it with and for how long?

[CARLiTO_]

I didnt do anything. Didn't handle him or anything. I put him in a 5 gallon tank. Newspaper was the substrate. It was in the container that they gave. It was approximately 45 mins. There were holes in the container.

[Matt_K]

How did you get it home?? Did you have it in a car?? It was hot yesterday, did you have the AC on in the car? Was the snake exposed to the AC?? Was it TOO hot in the car?? All of these could be factors.. You're being very vauge with your posts, maybe more details about what the snake went through for those 45 minutes could help..

[Shad0w]

Sorry to hear about your loss Carlito. It always sucks when a pet dies

[CARLiTO_]

The ac was on in the car. The snake was kept on the drivers seat (inside a container). It wasn't really hot in the car, it wasn't really cold either. I can't really think of anything else.

[Matt_K]

Was the driver sitting on the container?? Im really not sure what could have caused this to happen.. Perhaps the air was blowing right into the container?? Your best bet may be to call PCPC and speak with Grant, explain to him what happened and see where it goes from there.. Im not sure there's much that can be done.. So much could have happened in that 45 minutes from show to home..

[CARLiTO_]

Originally posted by Matt_K
Was the driver sitting on the container?? Im really not sure what could have caused this to happen.. Perhaps the air was blowing right into the container?? Your best bet may be to call PCPC and speak with Grant, explain to him what happened and see where it goes from there.. Im not sure there's much that can be done.. So much could have happened in that 45 minutes from show to home..

I meant to say passenger's seat, sorry,. I will call Grant tomorrow, thanks. No one else was in the car except for me.

[CARLiTO_]

I explained what happened to Grant and he was kind enough to give mea replacement. Thanks Port Credit Pets!

[BWSmith]

Air conditioner should not be a problem, they can handle pretty cold temps. Good luck getting the new guy feeding. Babies can be tough. What species did you get?

[CARLiTO_]

Solomon Island boa..

http://www.geocities.com/jadakiss_734/dsc00190.jpg

He/She ate when i got him home.

[BWSmith]

A Pinkie as soon as you got it home? That is great news. Now that he is eating, it should be a great captive. Port Credit sounds like they sell quality animals.

[Melly18]

oooooooh nice solomon :D

[CARLiTO_]

Originally posted by Melly18
oooooooh nice solomon :D

thanks..how big are urs?


there's very little info online, are they arboreal?

[Xena03]

I have found the Candoia Page; by Jerry Conway to be really helpful, and informative. If you have any trouble finding infomation on the web, he is also quite promt about answering questions via email.

Good Luck!



Here is a picture of the Indonesian Tree Boa I have (Candoia)

http://www.villagephotos.com/image.asp?id_=9973759&sessionkey=

[Matt_K]

CARLiTO_, good to see you got everything worked out!! And especially nice to see your new one eating so soon! :D

[RepTylE]

That little one sure settled in quickly. Best of luck with your new addition.