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How Often Do You Feed
Hey guys I have a RTB id say he's about 6 months would you guys feed once a week or every 5 days for proper growth?
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1.1 Red Tail Boas (Dennis & Penny)
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Re: How Often Do You Feed
One mouse a week is plenty for a boa. In fact if your feeding rats 3 times a month is enough. And make sure that the meals are small enough to not leave a visible lump. Boa have a much slower metabolism then pythons and over feeding will cause them to be obese and grow in to unhealthy pin headed adults.
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Re: How Often Do You Feed
Boas should NOT be fed the same way balls are. Every 5 days is too much. As mentioned, they have a slower metabolism. Your boa will do fine on a 10 day feeding schedule. You also do not want the rodent to leave a visible lump.
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Re: How Often Do You Feed
 Originally Posted by DooLittle
Boas should NOT be fed the same way balls are. Every 5 days is too much. As mentioned, they have a slower metabolism. Your boa will do fine on a 10 day feeding schedule. You also do not want the rodent to leave a visible lump.
X2. 10 days is more than enough for a boa. Boas are not meant to be really thick snakes. Most people over feed and make them obese.
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Re: How Often Do You Feed
+1 to what everyone else said. Bci's aren't like balls - they WILL eat themselves sick, and I swear mine begs. BCI's should have a nice, square body shape. If they are round like a ball python or king/corn snake they are obese.
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I do 7-10 days for babies, 10 days for sub adults, and 14 days for adults and mice up until the boa's first birthday.
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I also did 7-10 days for mine when she was a baby. I've seen way too many fat boas. It's so easy to overfeed them.
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Wow okay thanks guys, it seems once again ive been fed bad info by petco
WVU
1.1 Red Tail Boas (Dennis & Penny)
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Well I learned something today. Up until this moment, I was feeding my baby every 5-7 days. Oops.
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What everyone else said!! lol... 
7-10 days for babies (up to 12 months), 10-14 days for juveniles (12-18 months), and 14-21 days for adults (18+ months). And I also keep them on mice until they are big enough to eat large adults. Only then do I switch to rats.
Frankly, I wouldn't advise listening to anything Petco or Petsmart has to say about reptile care. They don't know squat. 
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