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Snappy Dumeril's
Hey guys!
This is my first post, because I am a new mother to a beautiful baby Dumeril's Boa. I've had her two weeks tomorrow and I love the little baby to pieces! She's almost always pleasant and inquisitive, but the past few days, she's seemed extremely stressed out and has been difficult to handle (been snapping at me alot).
I know I should have probably let her acclimate to her surroundings before messing with her, but I couldn't help myself! Up until now, she's been handled every day and been fine. She's even slept in the bed a few times!
I have noticed the humidity has been much lower in her cage the last 3 days, so I've been trying to mist it. She has a day/night lamp and hot side temps have been 84-90 during the day and 72-78 at night, with 40-60% humidity. I've noticed the humidity drop to 20-30% several times over the past 3 days, hence the misting.
She has 2 hides, a tree branch, and coconut mulch substrate for burrowing, so I wonder if it's a temp/humidity problem? I've also fed her twice and she has yet to defecate, so I don't think I should feed her again until she does. Gave her 2 baths, hoping to aid her bowels, but no luck yet.
Any thoughts are welcome! I want to de-stress this little one.
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