Boa Food

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Thanks! They're very tiny rabbits - as tiny as they come. She has a little lump afterward but it's gone by the next day and seems to take them ok. She has been eating closer to every 3 weeks - she's gotten too big for medium rats but the vet says her weight is fine. She might be longer now honestly? I don't think she's more than 5.5 feet but she should get to 8 and she took a "colossal" size rat no sweat. It was still too small for her (barely matched with her girth) so I ordered the rabbits. Medium rats are something she graduated over 6 months ago and were so small for her that we could practically give two in one feeding. Again, vet says she's healthy (as of last checkup) and she's been doing great with eating the rabbits.

I'll try every 3 weeks and offer every other week just in case then. Thanks!

A 5.5 ft boa took a colossal rat no problem? This is starting to sound like Dutti Jr lol. Even my 7+ ft retic doesnt eat colossal stuff. He gets 2XL guinea pigs or jumbo rats. Now i guess it depends on your source but for me, a colossal rat is around 500-600 grams which is a HUGE rat. And actually i take that back, I have fed my retic a colossal rat once and he was full for a couple weeks and it left a serious lump in him haha.

And the problem with even though a vet says she's healthy, I'm not sure if you are aware but fat in boas from too much food builds up around the heart and liver first so a vet would not see that unless he/she took an xray. By the time you see fat rolls, the damage has already been done.

My almost 6 ft sunglow female eats a medium rat every 3-4 weeks and my 6.5 ft normal female eats a large rat every 3-4 weeks. They also get rabbits, quails and rats.

I'm not sure what the deal is with a lot of newer people feeding their boas so much food. Not sure if they are getting bad info from the start or just dont listen but hey, its all your snakes. Anyways here is a couple pics of my almost 4 year old 6 ft sunglow and my 5+ year old 6.5 ft normal.


And to give you an idea of who does eat big food, here is my 7+ ft retic boy who gets the XL guinea pigs and jumbo rats. He is capable of eating 2XL or 3XL guinea pigs or colossal rats but i try and not stuff my snakes into a food coma.