Well technically you can still be overfeeding a boa by giving it too large of prey even if you do space it out every 2-3 weeks or so. An example would be something like me feeding my 6.5' boa a 2lb rabbit every 3-4 weeks. Sure the time frame is ok but the amount of food being offered is way too much. Thats why i asked if the prey you are offering aka medium rats is leaving none to a very slight lump. Boa food should really leave no telltale signs after they eat. They arent like a python who in my retics case, isnt happy unless he is stuffed like a Christmas turkey every 10 days but thats a python, completely different ball game than boas.
I was just showing the pic for comparison in that the top of the chair backing is about 8" across so you can gauge the length of the boa. But pics are hard to really judge a length anyways unless you take it perfectly from above.
But anyways, good luck. You will know in about 5-10 years if you are overfeeding though as 10 years seems to be the average length of time an overfed boa lives. The breeder of my sunglow and I were talking and his first boa he ever had died at 10 years of age from a heart attack from overfeeding. Thats why he feeds his boas on the smaller side now as well as a few other breeders i talked to.
If your boa was mine, at 4.25', i would have her on small rats every 2 weeks. It's hard to starve a boa to death but so easy to overfeed them. Anyways, like i said, good luck
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