Hey, quick question about my boa, Nagini. She has been growing faster than any animal I've ever owned, and it's been crazy keeping up with how fast we end up bumping up her prey size!
My question is about the length of the snake and how 'fat' they get. I'm not sure how thick boas are supposed to be at her age. She has gotten 4 times thicker than she was as a baby, probably more, but compared to how much longer she is growing she still has basically the same shape as a baby snake. She doesn't look horribly skinny, but she isn't as bulky as some of the other snakes that I'd guess are near her age(though they didn't post an age next to the pics, so I'm not sure) You can't see her bones or anything, she's not wrinkled.. She looks very toned, just still has more of that young snake look to her instead of the big fat more grown snake look. I guess she sort of looks like a healthy corn snake. Still new to boas, just want to make sure we aren't over/under feeding her. Her prey is as wide around as her thickest part of her body, and she always has a noticeable lump after she eats, which is every 7 days.
I'm not sure on her age exactly, so it's hard to know what she's supposed to look like. For sure less than a year. I just wanted to make sure she looked healthy before we did anything crazy. I don't see many pics of boas in her age group so I don't know if she is a good weight or not. Always a good idea to double check right?
Okay, here are some photos..
Size reference for when she was a younger snake. Photos taken this EDIT: march! My bad
Photos from last night
^Same hand that was holding her in the photos from May
She also looks bigger in person. She's got a very round body, it just shows up looking so small in photos, that I just needed to be sure we were taking good care of her.
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