A BCI's strike speed?

I fed my little guy a little fuzzy. He has like a coconut hide, and I put it at the top of the opening, and I was waiting for his head to come out, but these fuzzies are so small and fragile, and his tail ripped off (lol), and as it hit the floor, and almost bounced he snatched it so damn fast, it didn't touch the ground after the bounce, and I didn't even see what happened. I watch animal plant on like how fast venomous snakes can strike etc, but this seemed by far the fastest I had ever seen.

Then I fed him another, and he sat 1 mm away from it for like at least a minute, and then I let it touch his nose, and he spazzed out and snatched it immediately, lol.

One thing is for sure, this guy has the most amazing feeding response I have almost ever seen.

I assume you are using a proper feeding instrument like long tweezers, hemostats or tongs?

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

I assume you are using a proper feeding instrument like long tweezers, hemostats or tongs?

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yea

ya they can strike pretty fast. I don't know exactly how fast but. It startles me everytime.

faster then a speeding bullet, stronger then a locomotive!!

Watch out or you will discover the meaning of finger food heh heh

i fed my 3.5' BCI a adult mouse and he hit it so hard it tore the tail off...

it was pretty sweet...

I have just a baby, but i feed it fuzzies by hand, and it snatches them right out of my hand, this last time was so fast i couldn't of even responded by being scarred or anything, it was just like *BOOM!* gone...

I've only done it twice, i'll be getting some tongs for it next time...WHAT A RUSH!

Tongs are a very, VERY good idea. Getting nailed by a striking boa of any age isn't fun for you nor is it good for your boas mouth. It may well needlessly lose a few teeth in your hand and startle it enough to put if off feeding. We've also noted with our boas that although they are not as sensitive as a ball python, any major incident during feeding can cause them to startle and react poorly by refusing to continue that feeding.