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Gabby Behaivor
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by Phobos on July 16, 2005
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Hi Everyone:
Can anyone comment on their Gabbies "Normal" behaivor over time. He's my observation over the past 36 hrs which leads me to believe my Gabby and Puff Adder have swapped bodies.
I ask because my normally calm Gabby that I've had for 3 years now has turned really really nasty, all 6.5 pounds (~3 kilos) of her. It started yesterday afternoon when I returned to find a huge pile of "Condensed Rat" piled up against the glass. After 3 years of this she knows the routine: she's hooked into a big tub with a locking lid with two hooks and the lid secured. I go about cleaning the enclosure, removing the soiled area of substrate and replacing it with fresh. I also have to clean the windows and tracks as they are filled with poo too. I then return her to her cage and lock her in. All went according to plan and left them alone for their dark period after I took care of some of the other animals that required attention.
This morning I went in and she went balistic, thrashing around the cage, huffing & puffing. She has never done that ever! I chalked it up that she was hungry and empty after that dump, besides she was on the feeding schedule for her one a month Rat. Rather being is feeding mode when I opened the door she was in total "rage" again. She would not take the rat off the tongs but did savage the FT rat after about 10 mins of cooling off. I was still working around the room when she finished and again started to really thrash, up-rooting all of the fake vegatation she is used to having in there with her. I ended up covering the front of the cage to get her to calm down while I finished feeding other snakes.
My Puff Adder was next on my feed list. She is always pissy and huffing & puffing, with the occassional thrash about the cage. Normal & expected. Well today, she was sitting quietly by the door where the food normally enters. I slid open the door and expected her to clobber the dead rat like it wat hit with a sledge hammer but she slowly approached and gently took it off the tongs and proceeded to eat it. Go figure??
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by Snake18 on July 16, 2005
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That`s rally intriging behavior... Makes you wonder if snakes don`t have paranormal abilities ;) Maybe they did exchange bodies... Who are we to say they didn`t lol. Take care, Alex S.
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by Cro on July 16, 2005
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Al: Interesting behavior you are writing about on your female Gaboon. I once had a female Cocateal Bird, and every time she ovulated, her behavior would change from nice to nasty, and she would get really pissy, and she would lay an infertile egg, as there was no male Cocateal there to fertilize it. She would get really protective during this time.
We all know that birds and reptiles are closly related, and I am wondering if your female Gaboon is doing the same as that female bird?
Perhaps she needs a man ( Male Gaboon )? If you have access to a male Gaboon, I would introduce it to her. Or even a male Puff, if you dont mind making franken snakes, which would be called Puffoons? or Gabadders?
Hope this helps. Best Regards JohnZ
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by emtnurse on July 16, 2005
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Hi Al, havent talked to you in a while. This is interesting behavior. I fed my gaboons today. I used a hook to get out a skin that has been shed, and my female struck at the hook. The hook was not even near her. She took it upon herself to get out of her ambush mode and made a B-line for my hook. And this was before I fed her. I thought this was interesting since she is pretty laid back. I guess she was just hungry. Most of the time she just lays there and huffs and puffs when I get near her cage. I guess just her normal gaboon behavior. Maybe your gabby was just having a bad day. LOL. But that is very interesting for your gabby to be in a thrashing mode. I hope mine stay "calm". See ya Al. Bryan
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by Phobos on July 16, 2005
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John:
She's a really pretty gabby, high pinks but I don't think I'll breed her, just what we need is another 30 or so baby gabbies on the market. ( see link for picture) I was thinking along your line though...the urge to mate is a strong one. I like the name "Puffoons", that's a funny one!! Wonder what that x would look like?
I was thinking maybe she needs some time out of the cage..stir crazy? Maybe I'll let her crawl in the grass tomorrow.
http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/42341DSC00218ks.jpg
Bryan:
Nice to hear from you too...hope all is well. Everyone says that Gabbies are calm but I really don't think so.. Strange when they go out of the way to strike like that.
Best,
Al
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