Hogg Island Boa dead two days after feeding, perfectly health animal two days ago...

[pythontricker]

In terms of the size of the "chicks" they were actually borderline fully grown. The size of a couple month old rabbit I suppose. The pet store I purchased him from habituated him to that prey option so I just followed their formula (the snake looked to be in excellent shape in this pet store). I wanted the animal to eat whatever was intuitive to it so, medium sized chickens or chicks, whatever you wish, was what I fed. He'd look reasonably full from these meals as well, they were adequately sizable for sure. Again it's only been 2 months, I've fed this animal maybe 6-7 times. What's interesting is how rapidly he died. Judging by how much gas was inside of him and how distended he was, he had to have passed in the morning one day after he fed (didn't stink in the AM) and as the heat from the cage emitted it only made it worse as the day progressed. For me, I feel there wasn't anything I could have possibly done, seeing as everything went as it should (in terms of feeding) that night and I figured not peeping in for a day would be acceptable. Strong feeding response, striked and constricted both times, both fully consumed, temps spot on, an the same as ever furthermore. The vet suggested I forget about the necropsy, his minimum price was something like $250 and he told me its most likely going to be inconclusive. As a poor college student I'm not sure thats feasible especially because a collection isn't threatened. As much as I would genuinely love to fully understand the causation of my boas death, it won't bring HIM back, and at the end of the day that's all I really want.