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What is going ON!?
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In Relation To:
Shakayloh
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Ok, heres the conditions:
Heat - 82-90 on hot side, 76-80 cool side
Aspen bedding, water bowl, 2 fake plants, icecream bucket hideout.
I was watching shakayloh just chillin after work today, and i looved over, and she was looking up at the screen lid. all of a sidden, she jumps for no reason. i keep watching, and she yawns reall big, and did it again, but smaller, tand opened her mouth a few times one side at a time, hen her muscles in her head spasmed like crazy (it was kinda cool to watch) then she put her head between her body and the tank, and i think shes asleep now.
WTF just happened? is that normal?? ive never seen that before.
i know yawns and some irregular muscle spasms happen, but, WTF!?
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Author Comment
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11/9/2009 8:27:46 PM
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iashia
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BTW, i meant *Looked* and not Looved
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Author Comment
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11/9/2009 8:54:37 PM
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iashia
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UPDATE: I took her out, and shes sitting like right in my hear with her little head and i can hear her whistling with every breath. signs of RI? shes always whistled a little bit, even as a baby. even some of my dads boas used to do it if you got close enough to hear them. but it doesnt look like shes struggling to breath. no gasping or coughing or wheezing, ,just that whistle....
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Accepted Answer
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11/9/2009 9:00:00 PM
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Geckofactor
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Could be her going into shed the yawning could be trying to loosen skin around the head and jaws putting her head between glass and her body could be trying to start the shed and whistling could be a piece of skin near the nose causing the sound. Also could have gotten a piece of aspen stuck in her mouth which would explain the yawning. Keep an eye on her if she keeps doing weird stuff then it's probably something else in the meantime could just be something really simple like that.
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Author Comment
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11/9/2009 9:06:34 PM
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iashia
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yeah, im not too worried about her, shes a vivacious eater, and is extremely alert (sometimes it scares me, lol) and shes NOT popping, which is a different story.. hopefully that is what it is
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Member Comment
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11/9/2009 9:13:23 PM
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Lashman
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Well, form what I read it's probably all normal. They seem to do wierd stuff at times. I feel it's just like us yawning, streaching, getting startled, perhaps a cramp, etc. I would watch it but if all signs seem good, hopefully all it was. Perhaps entering a shed and becoming abit uncomfortable. They are also know to sound more whistlely then as skin becomes dry around nose. Hopeing was just normal wierdness!
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Author Comment
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11/9/2009 9:16:38 PM
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iashia
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no kidding, the only thing im worried about at the moment is her dropping a fat load on me, my damn corn snake did it last night, i was so mad, lol. shes acting normal, watcing me type (god this snake freaks me out sometimes with how human she acts) and flipping her tail around trying to get ahold of something (last time it was my eyebrow ring........ ouch .....)
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Member Comment
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11/9/2009 9:52:29 PM
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Member Comment
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11/9/2009 10:07:57 PM
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zachrfields
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definetly sounds like signs of a respitory, if this is a boa constrictor your talking about you should take it off the aspen bedding and put it on something that can hold more humidity.
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Member Comment
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11/9/2009 11:49:19 PM
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Carusima
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Cypress mulch is completely safe and can hold more humidity, I use it for my boas and pythons. Though it doesn't sound liek a resp. infection to me, just the beginning signs of going into shed. Just give her a good warm water soak, she's probably constipated and you would rather her poop in the tub then all over you, and then just keep monitoring what she does. If it's a resp. infection you will notice drool coming out of the mouth, bubbles in the notice, or her coughing/wheezing. Not yawning, that can be caused be a lot of different things.
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Member Comment
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11/9/2009 11:53:07 PM
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hupababy83
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yeah sounds like shed loosening to me. try the soak. Ducky loves the bathtub so try that.
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Author Comment
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11/10/2009 12:17:26 AM
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iashia
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oh yea, a snakie poop soup. (happens every soak, lol) i dont know what it is about water, but they love poopin in it. she is due for a shed here pretty soon and she is dark phase atm
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Member Comment
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11/10/2009 1:18:55 AM
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EchoPet
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It's possible that when she struck at the screen (she might have struck because if she's in the blue, she can't see as well and got startled or something, or she's hungry, or she's a silly boa), she got a tooth caught in her lip, and then had to "yawn" and spasm or whatever to get it dislodged.
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Member Comment
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11/10/2009 3:15:04 AM
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Katie M
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Your heat ranges need to be adjusted. The hot end and cool end shouldn't fluctuate that much, otherwise, she really doesn't have a way to decide what temp she needs. I keep my hot end at 90-92, and my cool end at 78-80. Then the boa can pick any range of temp IT wants... I would get that under control ASAP
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Member Comment
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11/10/2009 12:36:07 PM
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Sylvias
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The looking up and spazming thing would worry me. Keep in mind i have never kept boas and have limited experience with them at the store but the only snake I have ever seen that kept looking up like that (was a boa) and was displaying "stargazing" behavior that eventually showed to be related to IBD (inclusive body disease)
Don't jump to conclusions, just keep and eye on it and if this is still happening after it sheds I'd recommend a vet visit...
Good info on IBD
http://www.pkreptiles.com/informationterms/articles/ibd.asp
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Member Comment
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11/10/2009 12:43:42 PM
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Sylvias
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It occurs that "stargazing" may not be the right word to describe the behavior... I had always heard the looking up behavior described as stargazing but someone else has informed me other wise.... In any case... I am talking about the staring up at the screen lid and spasming.
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Author Comment
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11/10/2009 1:28:01 PM
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iashia
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she didnt like spams, the muscles in her head triwtched like she was flexing, and it hapened right after the yawn, so im sure it was her just re-alligning her jaw. she doesnt stargeze either, she has her head up every once in a while, but not at an extreme angle, if u were to give it an angle, it woulds be around 20 to 30 degrees. and shes entering shed now, so im truely not worried, though i am going to keep an eye on her
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Member Comment
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11/14/2009 2:48:08 PM
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masterfulpoopsie
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Like mother like daughter.....your temp gradiant is a failure, If you bothered to research anything before you bought it, you would understand what your temps should be....
not trying to be an ass, just like Im not sure, I see you jump from species to species, and never bothering to research anything until after you get it....impulse buying = BAD stop it.
By the way, some snakes are just flat out retarded, and have there own weird things they do, theres also neurological problems, and other things that are not life threatening that can cause this behavior....and of course IBD but im not even going to go there
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Author Comment
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11/14/2009 4:47:08 PM
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iashia
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why are you even talking about my mother for?
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