Quote Originally Posted by Evenstar View Post
Because, as I said before, boas are NOT ball pythons. And for the following reasons too:







Just because your BP constricts a rodent "down to size" so to speak, doesn't mean you should feed your boa in the same way. BPs can take prey 1 1/2 - 2 xs as thick as they are. Boas should not take prey that large - or as often as BPs. Read the Caresheet.

Please understand, I'm not being critical or mean. I am just tired of folks saying, "well this is what I do with my BPs...." and then wonder why their boa isn't thriving. Not saying this is what you're doing - just that I get a lot of that....
That is fine I know they are different I use my bp as comparison because I have worked with more bp than I have boas so it gives me a basis for where to start and everyone else a general idea of my experience we are going to get the boa and we luck out in the process because the guy that is letting him go has a full set up including breeding his own rats no just to figure out the most humane way to kill them I will likely move them from live to f/t since I will be moving my bp to rats as well as soon and all in all it makes me sad that he cant keep his snake anymore because he is a great boy and very tame even my 5 year old held him until he got tangled in her shirt then he climbed onto my oldest girls head and rested there a bit we spent 3 hours with the owner and the snake today to get a good idea of his temperament and other than the owner giving us a general warning that he is protective of his cage and when in a bad mode may strike which he has only done 3 times in his life he uses the precaution of using a snake hook to remove him but once he is out he is great

now for his current regimine and care and clarifications as well as recommendations
1. He does feed in a seperate tub
2. his current temps are 90 on warm and 80 on cool side please tell me if that is inaccurate
3. I didnt check humidity while I was there
4. he has fed him 1 med rat a week for a while now (I need to know if that is a bad thing since he used the smaller rat instead of 1-2 large rats every 2-3 weeks - basically does the current feed schedule work)
5. He is free of scars and battle wounds with the rats (he said he is really predatory when it comes to his food as soon as the rat drops he takes less than 30 secs to have it bitten and coiled up) still I want to move him to f/t
6. anything else you can think of all info is appreciated I am currently a boa sponge