boa behaving different,,,

[reeso01]

Hi everyone
I have a pair of adult boas and for the past month or two my female has behaving different,,, she sometimes lays on her side,,, she is about 2.2 meters,,, she has been refusing food and avoiding the heater,,, most of the day she doesn't even move,,, now she is gone a little darker than usual
Is this a problem?
What should I do?
What could be the problem?
Please help if any1 knows
I can't ad pics its saying error,,,, if anyone that can add pic please add 2 pics for me,,,send me a message via email and ill send the 2 pics to u 2 upload 4 me please
Thank you all
Please help

[reeso01]

My email is reecereece17@gmail.com
Thanks

[Westley Price]

Sounds like you're going to be a daddy.

Congrats

[lukee7]

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[reeso01]

Thanks Lukee7

[brentton kyle]

Yeah definately sounds like she has some babies brewing ,, boas do tend to lay on their sides when gravid, as u can see her belly is facing towards the light to try gain more heat, sun tanning if u wil haha , they giv life birth, this means ur gestation period is much longer coz she is basically incubating the eggs inside her, if she is gravid she's most likely won't eat but still offer a small meal once a week coz they do on accassion feed while gravid,, as time passes u'll notice she'll get more and more uncomfitable and eventually start dragging herself around until she pops:) anyway congrats keep us posted

[reeso01]

Thanks 2 you all I hope she is pregnant,,, will keep you guys updated,
Will there be any shedding before she gives birth?
How will I know when she is about to give birth?
Thanks again

[Bushbaby]

No shedding directly before birth. Unfortunately there's not really a way to tell when she will be giving birth. Their behavior does change, but it very often does go unnoticed. Is the male kept with her? If so, remove him from her cage, as it will be less stress on her.

[Unforgiven]

Uhm how long is she and how bis is her cage, in the one pic she looks very cramped, tail bent up and head bent down.

But it sounds like she is likely pregnant, she looks quite big

[reeso01]

Hi guys sorry for the late reply, I didn't notice there was replies,,,
Uhm,,, ok the male is not with her anymore,,,
Not sure the size,,, but the tank is really long. I don't think she is cramped coz most of the time her body doesn't touch the boarders of the tank,
Ok now,,bushbaby, u said there's no shedding before birth,,, she just shed last night,
Is this a good thing or not so good thing? What does this mean?
She is still laying on her side tho
Thanks for assisting me you all

[reeso01]

Hi all, here's an update,
Here's some pics of what she looking like! (Pics was taken on 09/02/2012)

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Took long to upload the pic coz I have a new phone and the pics was a bit to big,
Here behavier has changed again, she always looks aleart,
She no more curls up,(she lays straight across the tank)
She moves aa litttle more often than before bt not much,
And she stricked @ me for the 1st tym,(while I was tryn 2 remove her mess that she made)luckily she just nicked me lol see pic

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Bt she still lays on here side
Any views on this?