Good news and bad news.
I finally got an RTB. She's still in that "everything bigger than me is trying to eat me!" phase and makes sure to keep an eye on you. She's lunged at me once but didn't open her mouth.
Bad news, I have a bigger problem as to I believe she will be more "handleable" once she's acclimated. I got her from a privately owned petstore that gets their reptiles from breeders. It's the same place I got my BP. No problems whatsoever with the BP. I have notice one little thing that's been on my mind. My boa makes a clicking sound when handled and has cracked her mouth ever-so-slightly once in a while. I thought this may be just her being defensive. However, after reading about some early signs of respiratory infections, I'm wondering if this could be one. I switched to 150watt CHEs for awhile. She's in a 50gal tank. The CHEs haven't been keeping the temp up as high as the infrared bulbs did. It hasn't dropped dramatically, but it has dropped a bit. I'm praying this isn't a respiratory infection as I won't be able to get her to the vet for about two weeks. I'm taking the CHEs back and getting infrareds again to get the temp back in the upper 80s (CHEs only get the tank to the mid-to-low 80s). I'm going to get her temps back up and continue to monitor her. I'm going to get her to the vet as soon as I can. Until then, I'm hoping that upping the temperature to the upper 80s (90 in the hot-spot) will catch the RI (if it is one) to receed. I'm going to see if the symptoms will persist. Any advice?
