Quote Originally Posted by Sauzo View Post
Well if you plan on purchasing food from them regularly, I would just eyeball the thickness of your boa and then when you go down to buy a mouse, ask to a small adult. Then just gauge whether that would be better than the hopper. The place I go, ive been going for years so I know all their sizes pretty much by heart lol. just remember, you want a slight lump but not a football And yeah that's my whole reason for not getting a giant like a retic or anaconda. If something happens, it will be much easier to work with my dumerils, bp, carpet, boas and bearded dragon vs a 10' retic or anaconda lol.
I had an 11' tiger retic that pinned my arm one time when I was handling him. It wasn't a malicious thing, he was just holding on so he didn't fall. That was really the moment I realized how powerful he truly was, you can always kinda guess but when you get a demonstration like that it kinda puts the whole thing into perspective. The really crazy thing is that I know the anaconda will be far more powerful when she's that size and will be more than double the weight. One of the reasons I got into boas was because I wanted to get back in the "larger" snakes and boas aren't what I would consider giants by any means. I've also had the chance to play with a couple of larger boas and just fell in love with them so there's that too lol Yeah the shop I go to I have been going to ever since I started keeping snakes, actually got my first ball python from them, they just don't get very many mouse hoppers very often and they sell out of the big ones quick. So as long as she takes frozen thawed I'll be okay because I get those from rodentpro.com in bulk.