newbie first boa pic - Page 2

nicola_boulton · 05-19-04, 12:56 PM

hes great! hope to see some more pics, welcome to the site!

sweet · 05-19-04, 03:52 PM

will his color change any as he gets older? I heard the tail stays the same throughout life

Invictus · 05-19-04, 04:00 PM

No, unfortunately all boas dull with age. The tail will get progressively darker as well.

sweet · 05-19-04, 04:50 PM

heres a new pic, http://members.cox.net/wabbe/baby%20pic%201.jpg

LINEBACKER 2 · 05-22-04, 09:09 PM

I don't have a hiding space for my boa either. Only my sand boa hides, only because he burrows in the sand.

Steve

Mugwump · 05-22-04, 09:40 PM

Hey Invictus et al,

I have a general question about boa nervousness and so forth. I've been getting increasingly paranoid about my bcc's behavior. I bought him 13 months ago, and the little guy looked to be about 3 months old or so, around 22 inches. He's grown a little over a foot over this past year, which makes me a little concerned since I would have expected a yearling BCC to measure at least 4 feet. This in and of iteself isn't too much of a worry though since all boas grow differently, and it isn't inconceivable that a boa would reach only 3 ft after a year, but he's also extremely skittish. He very rarely leaves his hides. When I do take him out (or put him back into the cage) he resists like hell...normal enough boa behavior, to be sure. But he's so spastic at these moments when he perceives menace that his head darts around wildly and his body just jumps around as though possessed. I've dropped him several times because of this. I've never seen anything like it in a snake, and certainly not in boas, which I've come to regard as confident and graceful creatures.

Anyway, any thoughts on what this is all about would be appreciated. His body movements can sometimes be likened to the way a boa afflicted with IBD moves, although he shows no other signs of it (good feeder, shedder, blah blah), and frankly, I've ruled that possibility out. Maybe a neurological tic of some sort? I've heard that bacterial infections and so on could also account for strange behavior and also ******** growth. Are my concerns vet worthy, or am I just a paranoid owner of a nervous or stressed (although not nippy) boa?

Sorry for the long message.

likeal0stchild · 05-28-04, 05:39 PM

sounds very wierd..........I had a boa kind of like that that was very squerly and wreckless but not that bad....I have been bit in the head by a boa because he did that......he got all wreckless and knocked me pretty good.But like I said mine wasnt so bad that I couldnt live with it.Sorry i couldnt help any.