Female gained weight unusually fast
So I bought an adult pastel female on Nov 20 she's was 1756g she has missed one meal since then every week she gets a med-lrg rat she is now 2600g Is this her getting ready for breeding?? I've been pairing her with my spider male no visual Locks yet just seems like a lot to gain in such a short time http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/01/23/yjy5y9ur.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/01/23/juzy6esu.jpg
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Re: Female gained weight unusually fast
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Coopers Constrictors
I would never feed a BP anything bigger than a medium rat. She's probably prepping for breeding. Best of luck! :gj:
I thought you were supposed to feed about 10% of their body weight once they get a certain size isn't medium to small
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satomi325
She's probably prepping for breeding.
The 10-15% rule is only for hatchlings and juvis.
I feed my adults smalls. Sometimes a medium for the big girls.
Got it I was under the impression it was just s general rule
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Was she underweight when you bought her? Ive seen fast weight gain like that in adults (age) that are underweight.
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Like others have said, you may be feeding her too much. All of my breeders get a small once a week. Anyone over about 2200g gets a medium.
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coreydelong
Plenty of boa people out there to feed off medium and large rats to.
Er... I'm a "boa person" but I don't really want to eat the medium or large rats, or even the jumbo retired breeders. My boas get those.
Now the rabbits OTOH are awesome in the crock pot. :P
My biggest female BP's will take a f/t medium on occasion, but the ones that are live-only never get anything bigger than a small rat or large ASF.
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I have balls that eat retired breeder rats! giving them a small rat is a waste of their energy!
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I have two normal females that are huge, and they both get large rats every 10 days. They always come up at me trying to get their food. One is five years old, and one is twelve years old. I think it has to do with the ball. I have a seven year old ball that still eats small rats, and I have a two year old female that eats mediums. So again, I really think it comes down to each individual ball. Just like some are mousers and will never eat anything else, some can take large rats easily.
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Oh, I rarely feed live, and only to those few balls that get picky. I've got most of my adults trained to eat f/t now. I put the prey item in front of their hide before I go to bed and by morning it is gone. I'm too scared of one of by balls getting eaten up to just drop a live in there and walk away. I feed live to my hatchlings only long enough to get them to a nice healthy weight so I can start the transition to f/t. I only have a few adult BP's that force me to feed them live from time to time, but for the most part I've got my adults trained to where I can just lay down the thawed rat in front of their hide and it be gone by the time I wake up. I have one pastel female and one lesser female that I have to wave the rat in front of them for them to eat, but the rest just pick it up off the floor after I've gone to bed.
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Okay just to clarify she only gets f/t I wouldnt give her a large rat live just feel It could do to much damage worrys me lol well im glad its not to bizzarre of a weight gain
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