rabbits ?

this may sound like a dumb question but....on all the care sheets i have read on bci's they say to feed an "appropriately sized meal and i know that boas are not the smallest snake ....so does that mean that when the reach adult size they will be eating rabbits ? or just giant rats ? i cant really imagine a 6 7 or 8 foot snake living off of rats.

It all depends on how big the snake gets. I watched a 6 foot female for a friend of mine, and she was almost big enough to consider feeding small rabbits too. When they get so big .. you have to look for other correctly sized prey items. I know large captive burms, green anacondas, and other giants could potentially need pigs at some point in their lives.

lol...i guess less people would be pulled over for speeding that way

how would you go about killing a rabbit ? would whacking work ?

whacking it probably would be kinda tough .. if i had to do it i would either buy f/t or build a CO2 chamber to kill them

thanks, good to know :)

We were at a recent show and they had a 310lb Retic and the guy feeds it 4 jumbo rats a week and the snake does fine

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We were at a recent show and they had a 310lb Retic and the guy feeds it 4 jumbo rats a week and the snake does fine

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How long? Somehow i seriously doubt the snake got that big on just rats .. but i suppose anything is possible. According to NERD's caresheet on Retics record size is around 33 feet & 300+ pounds, so that one would be near the world record :)

Tom was a little off in his post.... LOL...it was 250lbs, I forget how long but I have pics....and it was 4 rabbits every two weeks is what I believe the man said....

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Originally Posted by KraZeKelly

We were at a recent show and they had a 310lb Retic and the guy feeds it 4 jumbo rats a week and the snake does fine

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How long? Somehow i seriously doubt the snake got that big on just rats .. but i suppose anything is possible. According to NERD's caresheet on Retics record size is around 33 feet & 300+ pounds, so that one would be near the world record :)

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:) i was wondering about that one ;)

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lol...i guess less people would be pulled over for speeding that way

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LMAO!

HI,
I think alot of boa breeder's use rabbits to help max oout a female thats an adult for that breeding.
here's a almost four year old Guyana eating her first rabbit sickle from rodent-pro and it was DOA in the box frozen. it was a 1.5 pound bunny

http://www.redtailboas.com/albums/al...310_edited.jpg

There are a few good rabbit breeders that are more resonable than you would think..

http://www.hare-today.com/

and that rodent-pro is also selling frozen..
doug

Is that your Guyana? She's absolutely beautiful!
(must not get more snakes...must not get more snakes....)

HI,
I have two nice Bcc, puppy dog sweet getting a tad large but I like the size.
Doug

here's a album I have posted on another site dedicated to just the BCC in my house.


http://photo.redtailboas.com/album42

I lovelovelove RTBs. I can't wait for my adoption process to get through so I can get my Surinam.

One appropriate-sized prey item is always better for boids, than several small items. So it'd stand to reason, that feeding one appropriately-sized guinea pig or rabbit would be better than three or four large rats. It all depends on the size of the snake.

Wow Djnslab, those are some stunning boas you have there. Do you think that if you upped their feedings to guinea pigs and rabbits, they'd get bigger? I wonder if it'd be safe to just keep them on rats, and if so, would they remain at the size they're at or get bigger anyway..

Hi
thats the plan I have 12 froze bunnies in the frezer, I am trying to breed them in the spring, she is pretty big now. almost 8 + ft
doug
here's she wrestling the bird bath..

http://www.redtailboas.com/albums/al...d_1_edited.jpg

Yup, RTB's are so beautiful...I vowed that once I get good with my bp, I'm moving up to an RTB. My mom swears she'll never let me have another snake in the house, but she said that about the bp, and here I am waiting for my baby anytime this month. 8)

I also admire the RTBs....someday, someday.....

She's quite a looker djnzlab! I love her deep red tail :)