new boa owner!

hey guys i just got my first boa! the guy i bought him from didnt realise they get over 4ft long!:eek: anyway hes about 18months old now being fed one med rat a week. i had a friend look at him and he reckons hes a little bit over weight...so could you guys tell me what ye think please! btw he is definately male aswell probed him and all
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he looks good to me ;) i loooove his head :) kinda like he's been dunked in chocolate... milk chocolate of course :)

congrats!

oh okay he looks different in the smaller photo (i saw the original you had up)

boas do really well either fed weekly or fed 2 days after they defecate. i've started feeding mine 2 days after they defecate instead of weekly.

my hog island and my rtb are both over a year... and they are fed adult mice or rats of the equivalent size... i would think a medium rat would be more than he needs at this point. - but that's just my opinion and i certainly don't have the experience of other members here.

as far as i know the orginal owner was feeding him a couple of rats a week so i cut it back to one instead.once he has eated the rat there is litle or no bump in him at all