Feeding Pic's *Warning - Blood*

[pookie!]

Here are a few of our Colombian, Bo. This rat scared the crap out of me, I thought all that blood was coming out of the snake, and after scrambling to get something in the rats mouth I realized it was coming from the rat *thank God*



Bo just came out of his water so thats why the paper is wet




Ready to fend off me and my pesky camera if I even think about taking his rat away! Lol


Now here are a few of Shandy, my Rough Scaled Sand Boa.. she eats in a rather special way..


She starts her invert...


Not completely upside down, this time!


Anyone else have a snake that constantly eats its meals on its back? She does this every time, this was the closest to upright she has been, normally she eats completely upside down..

[snowcolt]

pretty boa..

[nick654377]

is that rat too big for that bci? or is it ok to feed larger with bci's.... nice pics though

[pookie!]

pretty boa..

Thank you

is that rat too big for that bci? or is it ok to feed larger with bci's.... nice pics though

It wasnt that big of a rat, nothing he couldnt handle easily. Thanks

[Mike41793]

Lol wait until Bo takes the rat in the water dish. Blood tea!

[Evenstar]

is that rat too big for that bci? or is it ok to feed larger with bci's.... nice pics though

That rat does appear to be too large for a BCI of that size - however I suspect it may be folded over in the snake's coils and is not as large as it appears.

It wasnt that big of a rat, nothing he couldnt handle easily. Thanks

As I thought, lol.

I responded to Nick for any newbie's benefit if they should read this thread. Boas really shouldn't have prey that leaves anything more than a very small lump in their belly. They have slower metabolisms than BPs and do better on smaller meals. Thanks for clarifying!

[pookie!]

Lol wait until Bo takes the rat in the water dish. Blood tea!

He had blood all around his mouth after he ate it lol it was gnarly

That rat does appear to be too large for a BCI of that size - however I suspect it may be folded over in the snake's coils and is not as large as it appears.





As I thought, lol.

I responded to Nick for any newbie's benefit if they should read this thread. Boas really shouldn't have prey that leaves anything more than a very small lump in their belly. They have slower metabolisms than BPs and do better on smaller meals. Thanks for clarifying!

Yea it looks larger than it is, probably because I was moving the rat around trying to get something in its mouth, it wasnt nearly as large as it looks in the pic, it is almost folded in half or something and squished out looking lol

No problem this left almost no lump in him.

[snowcolt]

is that rat too big for that bci? or is it ok to feed larger with bci's.... nice pics though

i feed mine medium rats.. girl before me was feeding him a medium mouse every 2 weeks..

he is about 5ft dunno how much he weighs but he doesnt have any problems

[Evenstar]

i feed mine medium rats.. girl before me was feeding him a medium mouse every 2 weeks..

he is about 5ft dunno how much he weighs but he doesnt have any problems

At 5ft, I'm sure he doesn't. If it's not leaving a lump in his belly, then it's fine.

My male Argentine is about 5 1/2 ft and weighs in at about 2200gm. He is eating medium rats.

[Evenstar]

Yea it looks larger than it is, probably because I was moving the rat around trying to get something in its mouth, it wasnt nearly as large as it looks in the pic, it is almost folded in half or something and squished out looking lol

No problem this left almost no lump in him.

That happens to mine all the time! Seems like they want to squish it in half to get it nice a soft before swallowing.....

BTW, I love your rough scaled sand boa!! I've been wanting one, but at our area's expo I can only find Kenyan's and I'd rather have a rough scaled. Mind if I ask where you got him??