Hi!
in Feb 2009 I bought this wonderful guyana girl. She's born somewhere in the summer 2008 and was super tiny when I brought her home. (a little bigger than a newborn)
I know the breeder hadn't been feeding her all that much, but overall she and her siblings were in good shape. I got to see their parents as well, the female was as far as I can remember a normal sized boa c, while the male was relatively small. About the size that my girl is now.

Now, I've had Shea for nearly 5 years now. She's never been difficult when it comes to food. Was fed on mice the first year or so until I switched to rats, and right now she's eating large rats about every second week. Sometimes I feed her more often than that (when my ball pythons refuses a meal, she usually get one extra rat per feeding too), sometimes I feed her less than that. I like to vary.


But.. she's 5 years old.. I'm thinking she should maybe be bigger? She's about 5 feet, and a little over 2000g / 2kg. She's always been very healthy, never had any troubles with her whatsoever. She's also just as tame as your regular ball python.

And just to throw it out there,
Temps are 77 in cold, and a little over 93 on the hot side. I spray the cage about once a week, and she has a large tub to swim in if she wants.

So is this normal? Or what am I doing wrong?

Here's a picture of her as well.





Thank you for any input you may have!