I have a male boa (named Sniper) who is a BCI for sure but he may be crossed with a BCC though as he came from an animal shelter so I am not 100% sure of his blood lines. He is 10 months old and 4' 10". Some people tell me this is too big for a BCI some people tell me it is normal for boas to reach 5' in their first year.

Sniper is now being fed a rats that are in between a small and medium rat. They are not quite as small as a small rat but not as big as a medium rat. I have been feeding him once a week ever since we got him. I really honestly do not want him getting past 7ft, which may be too late now as he still has 4 years of major growing to do, but I was wondering if I started feeding every 10-14 days if this would help? I do not want him to starve either. It does take him about 6 full days for him to digest the rat (the lump in his belly fully disappears). So would feeding him less harm him?