Red Tail Boa

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Its all kinda of interesting because my husband and I where just talking last night about my still wanting to get a red tail maybe after the first of the year then my friend calling me today I am kinda anxious to actually see him but needed opinions and info before seeing him to know if I should or shouldn't adopt him another question is what is average f/t size for him at his age and length on average I know to adjust according to his circumference and weight I assume much like my pythons prey should weigh 10-15% of his body weight and be no more than one and half times his circumference?

Boas are not balls. They do not need as large of prey relative to their size. A rodent the same size around as the boa is perfectly fine. At his age, feeding once every 2-3 weeks is appropriate. The rat should not leave a noticable lump in the snake's belly.

not the f/t the live ones are 10-30$ a piece I think they are priced so high to deter live feedings we have some pretty snooty pet stores here but yet when we opted to buy our pythons on sale from one of them they where only around 84 grams at 4-6 mths old and recommending we feed them pinky mice I laughed and bought larger mice for them lol f/t I can get from the local nature center we pay 30-40$ for 50 mice and 40-50$ for 50 rats

Yikes. I would still order online. Layne Labs is great, but there are others. Yes, there's shipping involved, but the cost per rodent is far less. And when you're feeding several snakes, that is definitely important to consider.