Emeralds on the ground

[bistrobob85]

Did it ever happen to you guys to find your emeralds at night totally spread out on the ground like a ground boa? I just moved mine from it's small cage but i found him on the ground for the first time a few minutes ago... It was pretty awake and about to strike at me ( it didn't and had never done it since i've had it, nearly 4 months now )... I also changed him from 1/2' perchs to 3/4' perchs with the cage exchange... It has been there, in the new cage, for at least 2 days now and it hasn't coiled in a ball like it would always do and now i find it on the ground... Perhaps it is still pretty stressed out! The temps and humidity are pretty stable at a nice 27-30 degrees during the day and 25-26 degrees at night with humidity going from 85 dayly to 70-75% at night... I'm pretty stressed out myself about the snake not coiling around and all ( and finding him on the ground, also!!! ). I put one of it's older perchs back in today just to make sure it had the choice! I decided to pic it up and put if back on it's perch.. What is to be done is there a problem???


phil.

[Richard Welter]

The first thing I would do is just check you animal and go to your feed card and find out if the animal has a reason for displaying this behavior (not eating, needs a bowel movement, ETC) The other thing I would look at is you just moved the animal to a different cage, with emeralds they need more time to get comfortable in a new setting. Finally when I look at my emeralds at night they are sometimes on the ground cruising around. You can't expect an emerald to stay on the branch his whole life. The only time I would worry is if the animal was alone and grounded himself for no reason in the middle of the day. why don't you post some pics of the animal and cage setup and maybe some others can offer they positive 2 cents as well Thanks Richard Welter

[bistrobob85]

Thanks for the answer. I just moved him to another bigger cage and he didn't seem to be pretty happy about it. He ate at EVERY time i ever tried to feed it so the feeding card isn't a problem at all, hehe. I've kept it pretty active and having nice bowel movements and all. I think it was just about getting used to his new cage cause i found him again rolled in a ball as usual and no loose coils and nothing unusual. I'm going to feed it again on wednesday and we'll see if everything seems fine for him... I fact, i do have a pic of him in another recent post i made, just look in the ETB ATB forum, its pretty recent!

phil.

[BOAS_N_PYTHONS]

PHIL:

Richard' s reply is on the nose. Was going to say the same but he beat me to it, lol.

Cya...

Tony