Did I ruin my boa

[Reddog]

So i needed to get some dog food today, so i went to one of the big pet stores today to get the feed for my dog and i thought i would get a mouse for my brb. The small pet store normal lets me pic one out but here the just went to the back and grabbed one. So i get home and look at the mouse and think this is to big for my brb. So i think ill try to see in my boa will eat even tho its about to shed. Bam strikes for it but nail the side of the cage so i thought i would wait and see if he would eat it. But i came apparent to me that the snake was in more of a defenseive mode as he struck the mouse but then did not constrict. So i thought i would grab the mouse out but with toungs i would have by hand but this snake was very up set . Well he started to hiss real loud and was trying to strike me and anything around as i was setting his hides back in and what not. he was a really good snake and i know shedding can make them not want to eat and easly aggravated . But do you think this traumatized my snake is he going to feel unsafe in his enclosure? Should i move him to his new one sooner than i was planing on?

[Reddog]

So anyways i feed the mouse to my brb judging buy the bump do you think this mouse was to big normal you can't or can barely notice the snake ate.

[exwizard]

It'll be OK. Yeah there's a feed bump on it but if you leave it alone for a couple of days and give it a chance to process this "bigger than normal" meal, the feed bump will go down, if nothing else, this will just give your snake more fuel to grow on.

[Hannibalcanibal]

Just don't annoy the snake and it will be fine.

[Terranaut]

I see nothing wrong with a lump that size.

[Hannibalcanibal]

Yeah i agree with Terranaut, I've made even bigger bumps in my snakes with no issues whatsoever.

[Reddog]

Hey thanks guys. Yeah i was a little more worried about my boa constrictor and how aggressive he was acting.

[Stewjoe]

Meal isn't too big. Next time wait until after it has shed before feeding. Skipping a week wont hurt it.

[MDT]

Yep...totally ruined your boa. But, I guess you could go ahead and send it to me. I suppose I'd take a ruined boa just to ease your mind a bit

[BoaBoy91]

Hahahahaha yeah i will take your ruined boa off your hands too. but anyway if you want to keep that ruined boa i would give it 48 hours at least to digest without handling. And its not uncommon for some boas to be a bit pissy in shed just use slow movement if you handle him/her while they are shedding

[Mikoh4792]

I've always wanted a ruined boa.

Jokes aside, you are worrying too much. If you think that would traumatize a snake, then every snake in the wild must be traumatized.

[Reddog]

Originally Posted by BoaBoy91

Hahahahaha yeah i will take your ruined boa off your hands too. but anyway if you want to keep that ruined boa i would give it 48 hours at least to digest without handling. And its not uncommon for some boas to be a bit pissy in shed just use slow movement if you handle him/her while they are shedding

The brb is the one that ended up eating the mouse. My boa constrictor is the one that was trying to fight and hiss and bite everything and is in a shed. He seems alot calmer already as he is ontop of his hide getting some heat.

[BoaBoy91]

well with the brb give him that time to digest. and for the red tail slow movement while in shed, my girl use to get kinda pissy in shed and hiss and strike but after she got use to me and i was extremely gentle with her. also make sure its enclosure is warm enough because a cold snake is a mean snake.

[Terranaut]

My boas are very defensive when they are in blue and almost blind. Then after they go rigjt back to normal. Don't worry. I didn't comment on it because it was normal and healthy and the longer your a boa keeper the more you will understand your snake.

[Reddog]

Yeah the snake shed yesterday and is back to normal its crazy how pink the sides of the snake are.