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06-24-13, 05:35 PM
So this is really random .. and probably a silly question .. but I am going to ask this anyway.
I did look into the behavior of sand boas before (and after) I decided I had my heart set on purchasing one. In very few of those read ups did I ever come acoss an opinion that they were a very 'active' (for lasck of a better word) or climbing species. This was one of the things that attracted me to them, their need are pretty minimalistic, and while I am not broke, I am not swimming in money at the moment either. Anywho I have noticed over the past 7 months that my little boa seems to be an exception. He seems to really want to climb. I have found him climbing all over the solitary plant I have in the enclosure with him - Also lately he seems to be attempting to scale the screen lid I have. It's not like he is frantically trying to escape he just lifts his body and scale the parameter.
He has had an episode where he did actually get out. I had a brief week long period in which I Had to have a friend watch both my boa and cat. That friend managed to loose both of them .. it's a pretty sore subject still - but apparently he just didn't know how to secure the top correctly, and the snake climbed right up the plant and out. (Luckily I found both the snake and the cat)
Is this behavior I should be worried about?
I don't believe it is the temps in the enclosure, I monitor them pretty closely (thermostat / thermometers etc.) .. and I don't think it is a disease ...
Should I add more for him to climb on in the enclosure? Or is that dangerous, because being a sand boa he does still spend a lot of time under the substrate - I just notice him always climbing when he is out.
If so, does any one have any good non-petsmart/petco climbing things (I really don't feel like spending 12$ on one climbling branch .. though I will if I have to)
I did look into the behavior of sand boas before (and after) I decided I had my heart set on purchasing one. In very few of those read ups did I ever come acoss an opinion that they were a very 'active' (for lasck of a better word) or climbing species. This was one of the things that attracted me to them, their need are pretty minimalistic, and while I am not broke, I am not swimming in money at the moment either. Anywho I have noticed over the past 7 months that my little boa seems to be an exception. He seems to really want to climb. I have found him climbing all over the solitary plant I have in the enclosure with him - Also lately he seems to be attempting to scale the screen lid I have. It's not like he is frantically trying to escape he just lifts his body and scale the parameter.
He has had an episode where he did actually get out. I had a brief week long period in which I Had to have a friend watch both my boa and cat. That friend managed to loose both of them .. it's a pretty sore subject still - but apparently he just didn't know how to secure the top correctly, and the snake climbed right up the plant and out. (Luckily I found both the snake and the cat)
Is this behavior I should be worried about?
I don't believe it is the temps in the enclosure, I monitor them pretty closely (thermostat / thermometers etc.) .. and I don't think it is a disease ...
Should I add more for him to climb on in the enclosure? Or is that dangerous, because being a sand boa he does still spend a lot of time under the substrate - I just notice him always climbing when he is out.
If so, does any one have any good non-petsmart/petco climbing things (I really don't feel like spending 12$ on one climbling branch .. though I will if I have to)