Okay about feeding my Colombian Red Tail...

[Aerries]

To get back into the spirit of this thread I'd reread what bcr, Sauzo and I have stated.

Boa constrictors, and really most other snakes have times of feast and famine. A great many colubrids will go into a state of inactivity during the cold months, boas and pythons also have seasonal peaks and valleys when it comes to feeding. It's not always about IF the snake will eat, of course they will when the opportunity presents itself most times.

However in nature, which is where these animals evolved to survive, that opportunity may rely on the hatching, birthing, or migration patterns of other animals.

Let me be clear here. NO snake in nature eats on a schedule, and no snake in nature eats well fed, FAT, captive bred prey.

The responsibility of the keeper is to recognize the biology of the animal. You can argue about captivity being different, and it is, but it will not supersede the millions and millions of years snakes and other reptiles have evolved and adapted to for their continual survival.

We are lucky enough to be able to keep and understand our snakes a little bit because of continual research and study. In reality, other than stopping human destruction their natural habitats, they don't need us to survive , and they certainly don't need to go off of a human designed feeding "schedule".

Feeding can be a very involved subject if you want a very long lived boa constrictor.

I wish everybody the best of luck. I can gauge from conversations in this thread and other threads on this board who will have the longest living snakes.

Honesty Gio, you have by far opened my eyes, my BCI WILL be properly fed and raised, I want my babies to live the longest, it's not about who's the biggest fastest, but who's the eldest...and that right there starts from the beginning....understanding the breed...ty for alllllllll of your insight and trust me, it won't be for nothing !!!



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