Is it time for bigger food

[CloudtheBoa]

My babies aren't old enough for monthly feedings all the time, but I plan on spacing my yearlings' feedings out to 4 weeks over this winter to get them ready to be fasted next winter. My boa Cloud went from eating largish meals weekly straight to smaller meals every 4 weeks without any trouble, he never shows signs of hunger unless I'm thawing out food or it's his feeding day. Even during his 90 day fast he doesn't act all that different. Sometimes he'll get a little excited, but he appears to mostly just be in breeding mode rather than hungry, since he starts leaving plugs more often and just being active without showing any hunting behavior (tracking me when I go by, posturing to strike if food is nearby, etc). He would eat if I let him I just think it's healthier for them not to eat during the winter.

I feed all my boas small meals spaced out, and the only one that shows hunger behavior is my little anery motley, but all he really does is come out and stare at me during the last few days of his 10 days, doesn't strike or anything.

Definitely doesn't hurt to at least try a really small medium, but I really would avoid large meals.

All my snakes, regardless of species, and the fact I feed them so conservatively, begin to start refusing food in shed as they get older. Even the retic isn't all that enthused generally, and my normally voracious eastern garter (he will fly through the air to latch onto my finger even though I'm pretty much feeding him as much as he can eat) turns down food during a shed cycle. You must be lucky Sauzo. Lol

(My bp doesn't shy away from mediums but he does start refusing food after he eats a couple in a row, even if I space them out to every 3 weeks. If I feed them for too long he only eats every 2 months.)


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