Bcc or bci

I just talked to the pets tore and they had heard for at least 8 months in store but I don't know when they got her from the breeder or how long the breeder had her prior or anything like that. But she said around a year old. So yeah prolly a year you're right! It's my first boa..

If she's on small rats and a year old then don't feed more often than every seven days, and 10-14 days would be more appropriate. I also think she is older than a year, I have two that were born last summer (unrelated male and female) that are not even two feet yet. They get a jumbo mouse once every 14 days.

Boas should be slow-grown and they have slower metabolisms than ball pythons. They are also very aggressive and opportunistic feeders and will eat themselves to death if you let them.

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Originally Posted by yaboyyoungd1234567

Looking at my pictures is it possible she's a hypo?

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No, she is not a hypo.

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If she's on small rats and a year old then don't feed more often than every seven days, and 10-14 days would be more appropriate. I also think she is older than a year, I have two that were born last summer (unrelated male and female) that are not even two feet yet. They get a jumbo mouse once every 14 days.

Boas should be slow-grown and they have slower metabolisms than ball pythons. They are also very aggressive and opportunistic feeders and will eat themselves to death if you let them.

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im gonna add more photos in "my photos" right now for you to check out. & she's not thick at all. I take her out and feed her once every week and she's still hungry a little while after eating so I have to let her calm down for like 20 mins before putting her back in her enclosure. Possible you have dwarfs?! Because I thought in their first year they can double in length.

The picture of her in her terrarium: the tank is 18 in in H if that helps

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im gonna add more photos in "my photos" right now for you to check out. & she's not thick at all. I take her out and feed her once every week and she's still hungry a little while after eating so I have to let her calm down for like 20 mins before putting her back in her enclosure. Possible you have dwarfs?! Because I thought in their first year they can double in length.

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In their second year they can double their size, but that doesn't mean it's best for them to do so.

To answer your question, my boa was a few months older than a year when he hit 3'. He was 2'7" after I had him a year, so I'd expect a 3' boa to be 1-1.5 years old.

This isn't exact but this is generally the growth rate you'd expect from a properly fed boa. They can be a foot longer or shorter and be healthy but will still be considered large for their age:

1 year: 2.5'-3'
2 years: 3'-4'
3 years: 4'-5'
4 years: 5'-6'

And they reach the biggest sizes at 6+ years. Again this is not exact, and I'm allowing for a larger size at each age to try to account for faster growing individuals.

You should be feeding in the enclosure, it's safer for you and the snake. You risk a regurge every time you move the snake after eating, and you risk getting bit since she's still in feeding mode. Their feeding response can last a few days.

Also, I don't know about you but moving a 6'-8' boa that's 10-30 lbs is not on my list of things I want to do.

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Originally Posted by yaboyyoungd1234567

im gonna add more photos in "my photos" right now for you to check out. & she's not thick at all. I take her out and feed her once every week and she's still hungry a little while after eating so I have to let her calm down for like 20 mins before putting her back in her enclosure. Possible you have dwarfs?! Because I thought in their first year they can double in length.

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Actually I do have 1.2 Tarahumara dwarf locality boas, they are 2013's and the male is just three feet while the females are still under four feet.

My two yearlings have no dwarf lineage, the male is a ghost and the female is a hypo jaguar jungle.

Also you will want to feed in the enclosure for the reasons noted by CtB.

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Actually I do have 1.2 Tarahumara dwarf locality boas, they are 2013's and the male is just three feet while the females are still under four feet.

My two yearlings have no dwarf lineage, the male is a ghost and the female is a hypo jaguar jungle.

Also you will want to feed in the enclosure for the reasons noted by CtB.

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right before I got this one I had a 6 foot male. But i took him back because he had an RI when I got him. But I did feed him once while I had him. A jumbo rat. I took him out his enclosure and out him in a box to feed too. I've just always done this with my snakes. And once he was done I waited 15- 20 mins and like my new girl he was no longer interested in food and I was able to put him back in his big enclosure without getting bit or regurgitation. So I think if done properly and consistently I'll be fine. But really good points.

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Originally Posted by yaboyyoungd1234567

right before I got this one I had a 6 foot male. But i took him back because he had an RI when I got him. But I did feed him once while I had him. A jumbo rat. I took him out his enclosure and out him in a box to feed too. I've just always done this with my snakes. And once he was done I waited 15- 20 mins and like my new girl he was no longer interested in food and I was able to put him back in his big enclosure without getting bit or regurgitation. So I think if done properly and consistently I'll be fine. But really good points.

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I'm not trying to harp on anything here or tell anyone they're wrong but I just wanted to put in my :2cent:. My BCi (or I guess Bi now. When did they change it?! I'm so out of the loop) female is about 7ft/15-ish lbs and usually very mellow-tempered. Now, she gets fed monthly and starting about the week before I can't hardly open the door without her trying to get all up in my face. She gets jumpy, jittery and tracks my hands. She only started doing this kind of stuff as she got older too.

But this is all just my experience. Your girl might end up completely different! :) She's very cute by the way!

I can copy and past a post of mine about separate feeding areas but I'm not up to it now.

If you kept HOTS this would not even be a topic.

If you had huge relics it would never up either.

Just feed in the cage. Snakes are not cage aggressive because of feeding. If they are hungry and you smell like prey you are fair game no matter where you feed them.