How to keep a boa around this size??

[alexOATH]

Why don't you look into something like a Nicaraguan Boa? They don't get as big as Colombians.

Or a Hog Island or something?

[mainbutter]

And please don't tell me to get a cornsnake or a ball python like the other forums did...lol

My question is simply regarding size.

lol. Are you serious or trying to stir up trouble by posting an OBVIOUSLY flame-able question?

The best way to stop a female boa like that from getting any bigger is to shoot her and stuff her.

When you have a pet, it is irresponsible to purposefully harm its health (starving it) for your own purposes. Even starving a boa won't restrict its growth completely, so instead of a big healthy boa, you'll have a long, skinny, sickly boa that will die or cost your lots of greenbacks at the vet.

There are small locale boas out there as already mentioned, look into those, and feed and care for them appropriately please.

[Theartisticgemini]

I am not going to starve my snake, I do not even have a boa so no need to get crazy.

This was just a question is friggin hate it when you guys blow off on people.

I am looking into Nic boas which get 5-6 Feet.

This was just a simple question out of Curiosity, nothing more.

[redstormlax12]

I am not going to starve my snake, I do not even have a boa so no need to get crazy.

This was just a question is friggin hate it when you guys blow off on people.

I am looking into Nic boas which get 5-6 Feet.

This was just a simple question out of Curiosity, nothing more

Dont come to the forums if you hate what we say. Or better yet don't ask questions like you did, even after you recieved the same responses from other forums.

As for the boa in the video. That is probably an 08 and is only around the 4 foot mark, maybe less. Even a 6 foot female boa can be large because of their bulk and shear muscle mass.

[ed4281]

I am not going to starve my snake, I do not even have a boa so no need to get crazy.

This was just a question is friggin hate it when you guys blow off on people.

I am looking into Nic boas which get 5-6 Feet.

This was just a simple question out of Curiosity, nothing more.

I hate flaming poeple, however you are on a forum with a bunch of people who truly love animals and you asking if you can starve a snake to control its size
Come on what did you think would happen??????????

I am going to hope that the questions you have asked lately are due to inexperience and young age.

[Egapal]

I have an idea, let me edit your post and lets all pretend this was the original question. Maybe we could get a mod to change the title.

I am looking into nice boas which get 5-6 Feet.

This is a great community and you can get some great help here. There are a few topics that tend to stir people up. Trying to control the size of your snake, really one way or the other, is one of them. The best you can do is research the species. Learn what the upper and lower limits of the animal are. Then decide can you handle this animal if it turns out to be an especially large or small specimen.

[JMartin]

Don't know much about boas, but i did see this video the other day....

YouTube - Central American Boa Constrictors

[jfreels]

I was at a reptile show at a local pet store not long ago and a guy approached me and commented on how he liked my RTB. He said that he has an 8 year old female. I came back with something like "wow, she must be pretty big!". He goes, "no, about the same size as yours."

Eve is only about two years old and nearing 5'. I tell him that and told him his snake is probably male.

He then asked me what I fed her. I said an adult rat every 10 or so days. He had a box in his hand which I then deducted was his snakes next meal. He raised the box up and said "mine eats one medium rat a month". He stated that power feeding is a bad practice and I'm killing my snake.

I said something sarcastic in reply in addition to, "I bet she has a good feeding response!", and then we parted ways.

So apparently it is possible, but I felt bad for his snake and I never even saw it.

[sarahlovesmiike]

The man in the video explained pretty well how to keep the snake small(er). Feed it appropriate sized rats every couple of weeks instead of gorging it. Though that snake is going to get bigger, it is just going to grow at a more appropriate rate.

[Kyle@theHeathertoft]

I am not going to starve my snake, I do not even have a boa so no need to get crazy.

This was just a question is friggin hate it when you guys blow off on people.

I am looking into Nic boas which get 5-6 Feet.

This was just a simple question out of Curiosity, nothing more.

I think that a part of our reaction to your "simple question out of curiosity" is that you state you've asked this question elsewhere and, since you now ask it HERE, we presume you've already rejected other people's sound advice.

That and the notion of starving an animal to keep them stunted and small is REALLY offensive.