Quote Originally Posted by Sauzo View Post
Lol he rejected food because an XL rat is WAY too much for a 4.5' boa. Ask any breeder online or any sites and they will all tell you also that an XL rat is WAY too much. The only boas that need anything over a large rat are very large females 8'+. Even my 6.5' female gets a large rat every 3-4 weeks. Now my retic who is 7' gets 2XL guinea pigs or colossal rats every 10 days but thats a python. Completely different game. My 6.5' took over 5 years to get that size as i got her as an 18" worm. My retic took 9 months to go from 2' to 7'.

And most snakes will go into shed when bumped up in size. All of my snakes have done that and also when switched from mice to rats, they usually will have a growth spurt.

Like i said, you need to do a lot more research. Fat on boas dont show up until its too late. Fat builds around their organs first, then outward. So by the time you see fat rolls on them or 'boa hips', the fat around the vent, the years of life have already been shortened. And it is a lot easier to put weight on a boa than it is to take it off. An overweight boa can take a year or more to lose weight and get back to the nice square shape depending how overweight it is.

Like i said, ask any other breeder if their 15 month old males are eating XL rats lol. A 15 month old on its best day would be on small rats. My almost 1.5 year old salmon DH sharp snowglow male is still on adult mice every 10 days. He wont go to weaned rats until probably close to 2 years old.
I took a video of that feeding. You can watch it and see the size of the rat yourself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEM8dguV3po