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puddlesplash · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:14 pm Post subject: behaviour problems with Don

ok don my bosc is being a pain and its driving me crazy. He keeps pulling off his background paper, whacking the back of the vivarium til it comes off (i bought this off someone who kept a large snake in it with no problems, the back is tacked on) and being a general nuisance. Normally he is quite friendly, not tame or trustworthy but nice enough, yet he recently keeps looking like he wants to eat my hands. He has an increased appetite which i have tried to control by giving him slightly more food and variation, but its never ending. The back of the viv is now secure, well until he finds another way out.

What can be wrong with him? he's never behaved so badly and its really frustrating me that he's acting this way Sad

i feel like i need relationship counseling!

GJ · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:06 pm Post subject:

Could be any number of reasons why he is acting this way. I would Feed him more and replace the back of the viv with a 1/4" ply wood sheet, he may try to dig through the panel now that he has found a weak spot within the viv. Boscs can be a bit of a nuisance, especially if their not happy with there care and surroundings.

puddlesplash · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:21 pm Post subject:

well ive tightened up the weak spot with screws now and i've built a cave where he kept trying to dig so he thinks of that as his hide now. He seems to have calmed down but he hates one of my cats and seems to go on a rampage when the cats in the room, yet he seems to like my other cat. He's just a big fusspot i think, he's 1 and half years old, not sure on sex as yet, what age do boscs generally lay eggs? I know boscs lay eggs regardless of if theyre fertilized or not and i know 'he'll' need adequate burial place for if he does turn out to be female. is just normal soil ok for this? this is what i use in half on his vivarium and its relatively deep.

GJ · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:32 pm Post subject:

I got my Bosc at hatchling size and within 12 months she laid eggs. I use over a FT of topsoil and playsand mix with a little bit of mulch and that seems to work well. The substrate or nesting area should be deep, able to hold together, and have a good temperature and humidity gradient throughout.

puddlesplash · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:35 pm Post subject:

mmm i should mix some sand into it then. it never seems to hold. maybe im just rubbish lol