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Dumerils Boa mousers
I have a mouser male Dumerils Boa that refuses rats. Today i went to buy live mice to feed him. The seller told me that maybe i would have to feed him mice his entire life because it might work only this way and Dumerils Boas don,t become that large anyway. Does anyone own a mouser Dumerils Boa? If yes, how big is it?
Last edited by Dutti; 04-28-2017 at 10:53 AM.
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I own several Dumerils boas, two adults and a few that are 2-3 years old. Dums definitely become large enough to outgrow mice and my adults are eating 12-16 oz rabbits (the equivalent of jumbo rats).
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Re: Dumerils Boa mousers
Originally Posted by bcr229
I own several Dumerils boas, two adults and a few that are 2-3 years old. Dums definitely become large enough to outgrow mice and my adults are eating 12-16 oz rabbits (the equivalent of jumbo rats).
Did you feed them mice when they were young? If yes, at what age did you switch them to rats? My Dumeril is 7 months old now.
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My young Dums were switched to rats as early as possible. The juvies eat either a medium rat or a 3-4 oz rabbit fuzzy every 3-4 weeks.
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My little dumeril's girl is still on F/T mice but she is a REALLY good eater. She even a chubby baby lol. And dumeril's do get rather large.
If your dumeril's ends up a mouser, you are going to be one broke person lol.
My girl is close to 1 year old and still eats adult mice. I'm not too worried, i have never not had a snake switch when the time came. Some are just more work than others. My JCP was the hardest and i had to give an extra week of hunger and then brain the rats a couple times to get her going but after that, she was fine. I imagine my dumerils should be fairly easy as like i said, she is garbage can and even as a couple month old baby, she ate F/T mice with gusto that rivals my boas and retic.
I would personally be more worried about getting your dumerils switched from live to F/T. I would not want to chance a big live rat or rabbit with any of my snakes.
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Re: Dumerils Boa mousers
Originally Posted by Sauzo
I would personally be more worried about getting your dumerils switched from live to F/T. I would not want to chance a big live rat or rabbit with any of my snakes.
No worries for me at all in this regard. I feed live. I make sure always that my snakes are in advantage before feeding them a live prey. I let them smell the prey before i release it in the cage, so they will know in advance whats coming. And i also make sure that the snake is in advatage regarding the size of the prey and the size of the snake.
Last edited by Dutti; 04-29-2017 at 03:57 AM.
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Re: Dumerils Boa mousers
They can be switched but you may have to wait them out for a few months. This would be more successful if it were used to FT though.
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Re: Dumerils Boa mousers
I want to post this update.. It was the easiest thing to do to switch my 9 months old male Dumerils Boa from mice to rats. As his body grows, he required more food. And he has an amazing feeding response. I got to be careful in the future when i feed him. Actually i could tell from his body language if he is hungry or not. I feed him live. So After feeding him an XXl mouse before two days, he remained hungry. I wanted to feed him a small rat, around 5 or 6 weeks old. So when i opened the cage he knew that food is coming, and he struck the air first and waited for the food. So when i put the rat inside he struck it immediately and ate it.
Last edited by Dutti; 07-10-2017 at 11:27 AM.
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