OP: Everyone has offered good advice for the most part. Unless you are trying to get them up to breeding weight I'd feed the ball every 7 days. The boa should eat every 10-14 days.
Pitontheprowl: your sons boa is eating 2-3 med rats a week? Seems like a lot most people say to slow grow your boas by feeding no more than 1 prey item every 7-10 days. From what I've been told they have a much slower metabolism than balls and "power feeding" will shorten their life span. I have no hard facts on that but if you have some info saying what you are doing is good to go I'd like to read it. I'd love for my boas to grow a bit faster if there's no harm in it.
Most of my bp's are on small rats by 6 months and I have the occasional one that will be onto mediums within 6-8 months. I have an April 2012 girl that eats mediums that are on the small side weekly. (73 grams is 20% of her weight)
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