Here's the real question, what does it matter if you have a mainland female that you want to hit 20-25'? As long as they aren't obese, or unhealthy, I see absolutely no problem getting them to monstrous proportions.

Just because something is one way in the wild, doesn't mean that's how they SHOULD be in captivity. A lot of wild snakes are riddled with disease, beaten up due to the wild breeding season(males killing males), thin because they CAN'T find food etc.

Captivity can remove most if not all of those detrimental factors that are common in the wild.

Just an FYI, I watched a video of a wild boa constrictor killing and consuming an iguana so large that it RIPPED the snakes skin wide open. That doesn't mean that we should at times feed that large.

There is no one right way to do things. As long as the snake is healthy who cares if it's 14' or 24'?


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