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Old 10-28-03, 05:29 PM   #1
FireFoz
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My boa is too hungy

i have a 6,5 months old boa contstrictor, female. She does well and grows really quick, she's almost 1 meter now.

She's nice and have never bitten me, but thats thanks to me.
I feed her once a week, every saturday. i feed her 1 or 2 adult mice, which are big enough for her, they are the same thickness as she is and i dont want to over-feed her.

I fed her last friday for one time instaed of saturday. Today is tuesday and she's already crowling around searching for food. Now thats not really a problem, but what is a problem is that she bites to anything that moves!

She just tried to bite (me??) or something, but she stroke against the glass when i was standing in front of it, while i was at least 50 cm away from it so there was no way she would be able to contact me, if there was no glass..but still she gave it a try...or she was trying to hit a shadow on the glass or something, i dont know.
I've seen her hitting at her own shadow too when i was looking int he cage with my flashlight..!

Now this isnt really funny i think...now she's not too large yet and well to handle, but when she's an adult its not really funny to have a boa striking at you whenever you move around..at this moment, i wouldn't even be able to change the water. Now she's not too large yet so she can't strike over a long distance, but when she's large she surely can which makes it even harder, besides the fact its not fun to have such a snake.

When i handle her, which i do about 3-4 times a week in a change to make her less-agressive, she doesnt bite or even tries to bite. Its really her instinct, its not that she wants to hurt me or something...at least, thats what i think, lol
I've never hear her slisling or something like that and if she tries to bite its when im feeding her mice.

So does anyone have a clue what to do about it? I have 3 other snakes and they are really tame i can do whatever i want with them even at dinner time.

I know its an instinct which is hard to change, but she acts like she;s not getting enough food or something...its insane since i already have the feeling im over-feeding her...!

What should i do?
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