My new boa

My sister and her boyfriend are moving in together so I offered to take his 9 yr old, 9ft female BCI. My sister has cats and she is concerned. Anyway, she is gorgeous and supposedly sweet. Eating about 4-5 jumbos once per month according to him. Here she is:

http://www.glassreptiles.com/pictures/boa.jpg

Beautiful snake.

I love big red tails.

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Originally Posted by Shelby

Beautiful snake.

I love big red tails.

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She will be my biggest snake so far. We'll see how it goes!

Well, the new girl has arrived. I have a feeding question. I need to order food for her. He had been feeding her 4-5 large rats once per month. To me that is a huge toll on her digestive system all at once (and she is also quite girthy!). My thought is to switch her to one jumbo every 2 weeks. Any thoughts on this? She just crapped this morning and it was like a large horse had been in her cage.

Wow she is Ginormous! :O Gorgeous too :D

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Originally Posted by jglass38

She just crapped this morning and it was like a large horse had been in her cage.

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA welcome to the boa world, where EVERYTHING is bigger...lol

One jumbo 2x a months sounds fine.

My boa leaves relatively dainty droppings. Her name is Diva though, after all.

Here are some pics of Tequila enjoying the outside today. She was a bit hissy and didn't really want to come out of the cage but once out she was cool. Aside from expelling air every few minutes when she was moving around. Not sure why but it didn't sound like a respiratory problem. Not a wheeze...Anyway, here she is in all her girthiness!

http://www.glassreptiles.com/picture...s/tequila1.jpg


http://www.glassreptiles.com/picture...s/tequila2.jpg


http://www.glassreptiles.com/picture...uilakisses.jpg

Jamie that last pic is great! They're both thinking - yeah I could take em. :rolleyes: You should crop it a little and submit it for HOTM!! I love it!!

Iterating! Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous..... :clap: