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04-28-13, 08:26 AM
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help please retic acting odd.
Ok I have a 6 year old retic I've had for about two months. He has always been very laid back and completely non aggressive. Last week I moved my female ball into the same room. Her enclosure is right next to his. Since they have been in the s ame room he has started acting in an odd manner. Not really agressive just very excited. Any one have any ideas what may be going on.
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04-28-13, 10:33 AM
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Re: help please retic acting odd.
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Originally Posted by MikeM77
Ok I have a 6 year old retic I've had for about two months. He has always been very laid back and completely non aggressive. Last week I moved my female ball into the same room. Her enclosure is right next to his. Since they have been in the s ame room he has started acting in an odd manner. Not really agressive just very excited. Any one have any ideas what may be going on.
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He wants to breed?
Also if you've only had him for 2 months, you can't know what he has always been like. Perhaps he exhibits this behavior this time every year. Some of the retic people will chime in soon .
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04-28-13, 10:55 AM
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Re: help please retic acting odd.
What about quarantine?
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04-28-13, 12:37 PM
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Re: help please retic acting odd.
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He wants to breed?
Also if you've only had him for 2 months, you can't know what he has always been like. Perhaps he exhibits this behavior this time every year. Some of the retic people will chime in soon .
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I doubt he wants to breed, cross breeding takes conditioning.
Definitely give him a few months like a year, before you understand his basic habits, also males re asses during breeding season.
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What about quarantine?
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This.
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04-28-13, 01:46 PM
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Re: help please retic acting odd.
Yea i was thinking it could be breeding season, even the tamest males can get feisty during it
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04-28-13, 01:48 PM
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Re: help please retic acting odd.
Woops, you said cross breeding and I was wondering wtf your talking about. Went back up and saw that its a female ball not retic. Neverminddddd
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04-28-13, 01:50 PM
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Re: help please retic acting odd.
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what about quarantine?
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04-28-13, 04:33 PM
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Re: help please retic acting odd.
It probably wants to breed. My males get all pissy this time of year
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04-28-13, 04:55 PM
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Re: help please retic acting odd.
I doubt it's breeding. My retic has been acting the exact same way, and my male burm is kept in a completely different room. It's most likely that since it's getting warmer out, they're more lively.
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04-28-13, 05:17 PM
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Re: help please retic acting odd.
Breeding season is long past, check his temps and leave him be
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04-28-13, 11:53 PM
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Re: help please retic acting odd.
Breeding "season" can occur year round. Its up to the animal, traditionally its in the fall however.
2 months seems like a reasonable QT time to me. Its what I use.
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04-29-13, 05:57 AM
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Re: help please retic acting odd.
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Originally Posted by Mark Taylor
What about quarantine?
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Like I said I've had him for two monrhs and just now put them in the same room. He has also been completely vet checked. As for my ball I've had her for seven years..
Thanks everyone kinda what I was thinking just looking for others opinions.
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04-29-13, 06:00 AM
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Re: help please retic acting odd.
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Originally Posted by smy_749
He wants to breed?
Also if you've only had him for 2 months, you can't know what he has always been like. Perhaps he exhibits this behavior this time every year. Some of the retic people will chime in soon .
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True. I guess I should say that since I've had him......
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04-30-13, 12:05 PM
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Re: help please retic acting odd.
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Originally Posted by MikeM77
Like I said I've had him for two monrhs and just now put them in the same room. He has also been completely vet checked. As for my ball I've had her for seven years..
Thanks everyone kinda what I was thinking just looking for others opinions.
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Hope willow doesn't mind but this is why we quarantine for at leats 6 months.
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The definitive diagnosis for IBD/BOID is a postmortem brain examination; however, there are blood tests that can give a tentative diagnosis, and if a vet rules out other causes (genetics, toxin exposure, heat stroke) then it might be.
I had a gorgeous salmon hypo jungle male that exhibited stargazing after I had him for 4 months. He'd just come out of quarantine and one day couldn't move right or eat. He was doing exactly what your boa in the vid did, but all the time and severely. My herp vet diagnosed it as a genetic kidney disease through a blood test. The neurological issues were due to calcium buildup in the muscles. We tried everything we could to save him, but after a battle of 3 more months, I had to have him euthanized.
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If I had the room and more patience I would quarantine them for 12 months.
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04-30-13, 01:55 PM
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Re: help please retic acting odd.
Willow's issue was a genetic disease, it would have presented with or without quarantine... Though i have always read 6 months being the standard/best practice for quarantine, especially when mixing closely related snakes (i.e. pythons, or boas, or lampropeltids)
(retics and balls i would consider closely related)
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