Dumeril boas

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Originally Posted by redshepherd

My dum is 4 years old and about 5'10". Females get much larger than males. Males stay in the 5~6' range, and females tend to be in the 7~8' range.

My female fit well in about a 3'x18" enclosure until she was around 3 years old.

Also, males can reach sexual maturity earlier, but that doesn't mean they stop growing. Dums grow until they're 5~6 years old actually, before the growth rate tapers off a bit. But they technically continue growing their entire lives. So yes, they grow slowly relative to other boa species.



Yeah, that size will work for the first ~3 years of its life. I'd personally start out with a yearling or older though, because babies are known to be hard to get started on eating.

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Actually baby dums tend to be pigs.. every litter I had ate without any issues ...

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Originally Posted by robert7107

Actually baby dums tend to be pigs.. every litter I had ate without any issues ...

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Oh that's nice to know. I've always been told that they had issues eating.

How often do I need to feed a dumeril

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Originally Posted by William Snakespeare

How often do I need to feed a dumeril

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Once every 5-7 days as any snake

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Depends on their size. My 5'10" female is eating one large rat every 3~4 weeks.

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Originally Posted by robert7107

Once every 5-7 days as any snake

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Not any snake species have the same feeding schedule... Babies eat more often (usually once a week), and it becomes more infrequent as they get older.

I am going to get a dumerils boa that is 4 years old and his girth is massive, the owner has been feeding him once a week. Is that overfeeding?

He is selling the cage with snake and everything inside for 120 dollars(rand 1500)

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