Rabbits as main staple?

[Gio]

If she'll take rabbits then keep her on them, one every 3-4 weeks with exercise should slowly melt the fat off of her.

Remember to feed rabbits based on their weight rather than having the prey be the thickness of the snake. As you noted rabbit is a very lean meal, with minimal fat, lots of muscle, and larger bones than rats. So, a rabbit with the same girth as a rat can weigh a good bit more because muscle and bone are more dense than fat.

I feed rabbits to my boas (BCI's, BRB's, and Dum's), and my supplier has rabbit kits that my king snakes and adult savu python love.

I agree, and WOW I'd love to see some photos of a BRB that eats rabbits, I'll bet it looks great.

Sauzo,

Is your Colombian produced by Gus Rentfro? I always think you have a littermate female, or one from another litter closely related.

I feed my guy 1 pound rabbits now and then. I also mix quail, large rats, medium rats and even a small rat depending on what he's eaten before.



I use a feast of famine type schedule and have not fed my guy since Thanksgiving. I now use a seasonal temp drop in the winter months. He goes 6 feet long and is lean.

I imagine once I increase light cycles and gradually warm temps up his first meal will be a rabbit. Maybe mid to late March or early April.

I'll see how is activity level picks up and go from there.

One thing about rabbits is they can look huge, but when thawed, they are really long and the fur makes them look big.

I did see improvement in muscle tone and growth after feeding 2 this past year.

As stated, leaner, more bone and more muscle.

Just give your girl time to clean out. I see nothing wrong with a rabbit every 4 weeks and then maybe switch to a quail or smaller rat for variety.