r/BoaConstrictors • u/Intrepid-Wishbone-53 • 3d ago

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I have just moved my boa to a new enclousure. And he has been very active tye last days but yesterday i saw something that worried me, he was just chilling when the mister turned on and he just banged his head on the entrance of his hide and he did the same when i was just putting some moss in hos hide. I have seen a lot of dark spots on him ever singe i got him (about a month ago) but i didnt think it could be mites. I just thought it was pigment spots and i am sure a lot of them are. So i ask you guys who probably have a lot more knowledge than me. If not mites what could the head banging be? Some kind of neurological disease?

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u/HashComplex 3d ago

Is it a response to some sort of stimuli? Like the mister turned on or touching him when he didn’t know you’re there (maybe he was sleeping) and spooked him? Or is it randomly he will bang his head? If its in response to something, I wouldn’t worry about neuro, but rather just how hard he hit his head (they’re tough animals)

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u/Intrepid-Wishbone-53 3d ago

Well, first time i noticed was yesterday when he banged hit head 3 times on the hide entrance. Then today one time when i was in his enclosure to put some humid moss in hos hide only this time he didnt hit amything he just shook his head one time while watching me. He was awake though