Red Tailed Boa Question.

[reptilenut4sure]

I have a 4 foot red tail boa which I got a couple of months ago, she was kept in a small 20 long aquarium. After a week ago I bought a 75 gallon tank and she seem to do fine in it. This morning I got up and the whole thing is destroyed all the stuff is knocked over. She's laying with part of her body covering her head kinda like ball pythons do and she is flopping her body all around the cage. Just wondering if this is normal? Any help or advise is appreciated.

[Herpkid101x]

do you have any dogs or cats? because maybe they scared it and it freaked out idk its just a guess

[The Snake Guru]

Whensnakes get larger they tend to be able to flatten plants and rearrange furniture rather easily, since you just recently moved her she probably did this last night while exploring her new cage.

The way she is coiled is nothing out of the ordinary...do you have Hide huts present in the new enclosure?

Otherwise sounds like a normal boa on the exploratory warpath to me! LOL

~B~

[reptilenut4sure]

I have other reptiles in my room but no dogs or cats. She's got a dark hide and she is usually in there. It did look like she was kinda scared but there isn't anything else she can see really.

[The Snake Guru]

She's probably just settling in...new enclosures tend to do that, you should follow the protocals for moving them as if you just brought them home from the shop, give her a couple weeks to settle in I'm sure she'll be fine.

~B~

[snakelady13]

She sounds like she may just be scared of all the room. She will get use to it. Just give her time. Sounds like she was cramped up in that small cage so long before you got her, that she doesn't know how to handle the room. She's probably a little insecure with all the space, but she will adjust.