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 #2076114


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 I need some advice

my female anery rtb is being very aggressive i had her looked at and they said shes just hungry and i fed her 2 mice 3 days ago she has i little line of scales that are mis colored and crooked they ddnt get to see it cuz of her trying to strike but i tryed feeding her like they said all she did was hiss and get even more pissed to the point wen i jus decided to put her away and let her relax i had to make a make shift snake hook all she wants to do is bite and this happened after she shed and she use to be the biggest baby while my male was the one to be aggressive but never like this he has calmed down alot but seems like they swaped personalitys



09/24/09  09:24pm

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   Message To: Rtb2009   In reference to Message Id: 2076114


 I need some advice

I’m thinking that maybe you spooked her.

But I do have a few questions....

Who looked at her? A vet or a friend?

The miss colored scales...what color are they? Did she have them before she went into shed or did they appear after? Would it be possible for you to post a picture of her, especially the line of odd scales?

What are her cage temps? What is the cage humidity level?

How big is she? What are you currently feeding her? How often?

How long have you had her?

Amie
09/25/09  08:53am

 #2076324


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   Message To: Bciaddict   In reference to Message Id: 2076245


 I need some advice

Quote:

tryed feeding her like they said all she did was hiss and get even more pissed to the point wen i jus decided to put her away



Are both the male and female in the same enclosure? Can you change your substrait to paper towels or Newspaper and feed directly in her enclosure? My female was having issues feeding until I fed her in her enclosure. However you cannot do this if you house snakes together, or the danger of one of them eating the other increases greatly. (I do NOT reccomend housing snakes together for reasons I have mentioned in numerous other posts)

Giving her a period with no handling is a good idea. Be sure her tank, "furniture" and water dish is being disinfected monthly and that you are using an appropriate substrate and keeping her humidity between 55 and 75%. It should only be around 70-75% during the week shes in Shed, the rest of the time it should hover in the 55%-60% range.

Pictures will help a lot. If shes kept in too moist of an enclosure with inadiquate ventilation and dirty or wet bedding she could be suceptible to scale rot, which is a fungal infection. She will definately need treatment if thats what it is.



09/25/09  12:52pm

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   Message To: Bciaddict   In reference to Message Id: 2076245


 I need some advice

bciaddict it was a friend that owns 12 rtbs and is very expierienced and does know alot they are brown like her saddles but it dosnt look like her normal pattern and i noticed them after she shed it would be very difficult to get a pic on here as she wont co operate with me for pictures even when she was acting her normal self temps are mid 80 s in the day and mid 70 s at night she is estimated 3 feet i feed her 2 full size feeder mice a week and ive had her for a lil bit over a month now
09/25/09  03:52pm

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   Message To: Fairy Frog Mother   In reference to Message Id: 2076324


 I need some advice

fairy frog yes they are but the tank is big enough for them to have there own territorys and i would use news paper but its very hard to keep the humidity good in there tank right now it is at 70 cuz my male is shedding witch he is doin great my female had a very bad shed they have no problem bein with each other they use to be in a tank with 3 others when i got them and i clean there tank thuroly i just got all new cage furniture and a new tank a week ago so that is takin care of right now im using the eco earth cocanut fiber as it helps with the humidity her bedding is dry but a little moist cuz the bedding holds moisture for humidity but have a layer of moss that stays completely dry over top of it and im also goin to see a friend that is a vet today so hopefuly he will help to i just want to get her back to her normal self



09/25/09  03:59pm

 #2076727


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   Message To: Rtb2009   In reference to Message Id: 2076421


 I need some advice

Just because someone owns 12 Boas, doesn’t make them an expert in them. Especially if they aren’t keeping them right. :)

Anyways, you really need to separate them. The fact that the male is doing better then the female shows that he is the dominate one in the enclosure. He will continue to be for as long as they are together. She may not calm down or eat well until you separate them!

Secondly bump your temps up to high 80’s and high 70’s.

At 3 feet long she should be able to handle small rats.

I can’t really give my opinion about the odd scalation unless I can see a picture. Maybe the scales were always like that. but you didn’t notice until now. Maybe she was bitten when she was younger?

Amie







09/26/09  07:59am

 #2077489


Fairy Frog Mother
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   Message To: Bciaddict   In reference to Message Id: 2076727


 I need some advice

Amie is totally right!! My female had the same issues when I housed her with the male. I had been told it was fine by the breeder and several other people... All of a sudden she started skipping meals until she had her own tank and was fed in it, not taken out and stressed.

They were fine together for three months- save for the occasional skipped meal by her, then one day he went to eat her. If I hadn’t been right there I would have come back to one over fed snake who probably would have died too.





09/28/09  12:05am

 #2077676


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   Message To: Fairy Frog Mother   In reference to Message Id: 2077489


 I need some advice

her scales are back to normal now so thats good but shes still a little moody ill try the seperating advice but i have to wait til i can get the money to do that cuz i jus spent a good lump some on gettin the 50 gallon and supplys for it and the tank they were in is now taken over by a baby tegu



09/28/09  12:33pm


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