boa help

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Originally Posted by calmolly1

Was the rat the same size as your snakes belly in diameter? If it was bigger than your snake is around the than it was too big and is probably why he didn't take it. You can put your fingers around the middle so when your checking feeders make sure they aren't bigger than that. Forcing too large prey is dangerous to your snake. It could cause a regurg. Not good.

was the same size he noramly eats an strikes fine all i did different this week is give him a bigger hide as he outgrow the old one and moved his fave tree to a new position btw does it matter what way the tree is placed for him to climb if i put it put it upside down its higher then normal i also defrosted food like normal when shall i feed again as he eats every 10-14 days

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This thread is concerning.

DO NOT worry about rabbits at this time. DO NOT try to sex your snake by yourself either. The questions you are asking are fine, but don't be in a hurry to grown a large boa.

The biggest boas are the oldest boas. That means a long lived, properly fed boa will reach its full, genetic potential with age. Overfed boas are FAT, sluggish and lack head development, which is called "pin head syndrome". It's a huge, fat body and a head that stays the size in relation to what the snake's size really SHOULD be, but due to hyper growth, the head won't catch up to the body because the body is too fat.

You can feed rats, quail of the same size as the rats, and tiny rabbits if they are available, but the rabbit should not be any larger than rat you are feeding.

There are posts here in the archives that go into great detail about the BCI or BCC questions you were asking. I just wrote some basic info about that subject 2 weeks ago in a post somewhere here.

Buy and read THE COMPLETE BOA CONSTRICTOR by Vincent Russo.

That book has all the info needed to keep and raise healthy boas.

Also anything written on the web by Gus Rentfro is gospel in my opinion.

Good luck.

I'm guessing that whoever sold the snake sold the OP a load of :cens0r: with it also.

There is no dwarf in that snake - a dwarf is never going to get large enough to need a large rat. It's a hypo BCI.

Whether male or female, if it's on large rats it shouldn't be eating more often than once every three weeks or four weeks.

As for why s/he isn't eating... mature males sometimes go off food during the winter because they want a girlfriend.

Or, if your house has gotten colder with the winter weather and your boa isn't warm enough to digest, that can cause it to stop eating. What are you using for an enclosure and heat?

Hey sorry for all the questions but as bcr said looks like the shop were talking rubbish as I said he is on medium rats an refused a large this week I won't do that again I only did as the shop said he could take things bigger than himself as he is a boa I certainly will not be power feeding as for his vivarium it is a four foot vivexotic with a fake tree thing a hide a Cork bark hide and waterbowl he is starting to hiss as well an I have a snake hook as was told it's a good idea but he only hisses when the hook touches him and not my hand the rainbow boa has a three foot tank with high humidity and hides also what size viv do adult boas need sorry but I wanna be sure coz shop has me second guessing now due to there crap

bcr229;2307702]I'm guessing that whoever sold the snake sold the OP a load of :cens0r: with it also.

There is no dwarf in that snake - a dwarf is never going to get large enough to need a large rat. It's a hypo BCI.

Whether male or female, if it's on large rats it shouldn't be eating more often than once every three weeks or four weeks.

As for why s/he isn't eating... mature males sometimes go off food during the winter because they want a girlfriend.

Or, if your house has gotten colder with the winter weather and your boa isn't warm enough to digest, that can cause it to stop eating. What are you using for an enclosure and heat?[/QUOTE]
Hey

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Originally Posted by boalover

Hey sorry for all the questions but as bcr said looks like the shop were talking rubbish as I said he is on medium rats an refused a large this week I won't do that again I only did as the shop said he could take things bigger than himself as he is a boa I certainly will not be power feeding as for his vivarium it is a four foot vivexotic...

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How is it heated?

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Originally Posted by bcr229

How is it heated?

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ceremic eatlamp with guard

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Originally Posted by bcr229

How is it heated?

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ceremic heat lamp with guard

So... no belly heat or under-tank heater? Is there a thermostat regulating the CHE? How are you measuring the ambient and surface temperatures?

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Originally Posted by bcr229

So... no belly heat or under-tank heater? Is there a thermostat regulating the CHE? How are you measuring the ambient and surface temperatures?

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i did not know u had to measure surface temp shop never told me heater is on thermostat set to maximum 32.5C as my tank looses hea by about 2C and it is im shed