Cloud, Colombian BCI

[Gio]

I agree, Cloud looks much better in the newer pics. Doolittle and Evenstar, those are really great examples of lean boas. I think there is some debate on rabbits, and I have caught wind of a few people saying the fat content is less than rats. There could be some merit to feeding a rabbit equivalent.

I think if Cloud exercises enough and goes a month without food he should do just fine.

I also enjoy seeing pictures so keep posting them!

[Evenstar]

I agree, Cloud looks much better in the newer pics. Doolittle and Evenstar, those are really great examples of lean boas. I think there is some debate on rabbits, and I have caught wind of a few people saying the fat content is less than rats. There could be some merit to feeding a rabbit equivalent.

I think if Cloud exercises enough and goes a month without food he should do just fine.

I also enjoy seeing pictures so keep posting them!

I don't think there's anything wrong with rabbits at all. In fact, they probably do have a better nutritional content than rats, strictly speaking. It's just that small rabbits that are about the same size as large rats are somewhat hard to find and can be expensive. It is also pretty easy to overfeed your boa anyway - but even easier when they are on rabbits.

This is one reason why I want to incorporate quail in my boas' diets like you've done, Gio. I want them to have better nutrition than rats alone can give, but still not have to move to rabbits.


**By the way, I'm in the process of putting together a collection thread with updated pics on all my guys. Look for it later tonight....

[DooLittle]

**By the way, I'm in the process of putting together a collection thread with updated pics on all my guys. Look for it later tonight....

Cannot wait to see this!!

OP, Cloud should trim down just fine with cutting back. Mine started to get a bit chubby on 10 days. Not long after bumping them back to 2 weeks,, they looked nice and lean again.

[CloudtheBoa]

I don't think there's anything wrong with rabbits at all. In fact, they probably do have a better nutritional content than rats, strictly speaking. It's just that small rabbits that are about the same size as large rats are somewhat hard to find and can be expensive. It is also pretty easy to overfeed your boa anyway - but even easier when they are on rabbits.

This is one reason why I want to incorporate quail in my boas' diets like you've done, Gio. I want them to have better nutrition than rats alone can give, but still not have to move to rabbits.


**By the way, I'm in the process of putting together a collection thread with updated pics on all my guys. Look for it later tonight....

I just saw this post. Woops. Around here, find 1/2lb rabbits was extremely difficult, but once he got big enough for 1lb I got a surprising amount of answers....They're pretty cheap, and will cut my weekly costs for everyone by half or more since 1) they don't need to be fed often and 2) buying one rabbit for 4 weeks is cheaper than buying TWO rats for one month (feeding on a biweekly schedule). So, it's cheaper for me to feed rabbits, and they're not difficult to find. I do plan on rotating with rats, but I really don't want to deal with quail poop. Yuck.

[Evenstar]

I just saw this post. Woops. Around here, find 1/2lb rabbits was extremely difficult, but once he got big enough for 1lb I got a surprising amount of answers....They're pretty cheap, and will cut my weekly costs for everyone by half or more since 1) they don't need to be fed often and 2) buying one rabbit for 4 weeks is cheaper than buying TWO rats for one month (feeding on a biweekly schedule). So, it's cheaper for me to feed rabbits, and they're not difficult to find. I do plan on rotating with rats, but I really don't want to deal with quail poop. Yuck.

Hahaha! We overlapped!

If you think you want to consider quail, Gio will tell you that the poop is not bad at all. In fact, once they get cleaned out, their poop actually gets BETTER.