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07-21-2014, 11:25 PM
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First aide help!
This afternoon my boa (who is in great health and never given me any problems) started rubbing her nose against the screen on the front of her cage and is creating a sore spot. She puts her mouth right against the screen & jerks her head up and repeats. She has been in this cage for 6+ months with no problems. It's custom made so first thing I'm doing is replacing screen (any suggestions on what to use are welcome! ) what do I do for her?!
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07-21-2014, 11:40 PM
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First thing I would do is try to understand this change in behavior, and correct the problem.
She could be hungry, need more room, need security, be trying to thermoregulate. (Those were the first things that came to mind; but don't limit yourself if those don't fit.)
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07-21-2014, 11:45 PM
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She is due to be fed, I am picking up a her feeders tomorrow. What should I do for the spot she has started to make sore?
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07-22-2014, 12:52 PM
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If you want to do something for it, you can apply a small amount of Neosporin (not the kind with pain reliever in it!).
As long as the behavior stops, it should heal up and shed out over time. I have a boa that got really bad nose rub against screen and he now has a permanent bump of scar tissue on his nose and some missing scales, but it did scab and heal up as soon as I switched him into plastic caging with a front opening door, he just looks terrible now. Good thing he doesn't have a mirror.
Good luck!
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07-22-2014, 08:15 PM
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What April and HH said.
Caveat...If he's persistently rubbing the screen, he's probably wanting to get out of the cage. Once I switched over to plastic caging, ALL of my boas quit rubbing.
Just a thought.
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07-22-2014, 10:41 PM
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Thanks guys! Fed the pretty lady today, also think I discovered part of the problem. I had her out in the garage yesterday (had the cage out getting cleaned, she was enjoying the sun and the heat so I let her hang out); well, apparently we have an overly friendly chipmunk here that kept sitting just outside her cage and hanging out underneath it...lesson learned  I feel terrible. Did decide to start raising my own rats though, tired of never being able to get them (1 pet shop in a 45 mile radius, only special orders rats & wants $12ea!)
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07-22-2014, 10:48 PM
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order them online frozen and that problem will be solved.
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