Birds for my boa

[Niten]

Hi everybody, I'd like to change my boa's diet a bit, just to be sure she gets all that she needs. Some say they feed on small reptiles and even fishes, personally I just saw them eating birds in the wild... what kind of local bird could I use?
I heard they appreciate a lot quails and chickens but they told me this isn't the right period for hatchlings (she's too young for an adult at the moment)
Thank you.

[millertime89]

You could definitely use small quail or chickens. But I would rotate between that and rats/mice to keep it varied since young birds are higher in fat content than young rats and mice.

[Niten]

Yes indeed, I'd like to make her exactly that kind of balanced diet. Thank you very much, it looks like there is someone who can speak English here around...

[Akuma223]

You could try to find button quail for her, button quail stay extremely small at only around the size of a newly hatched chicken chick although with a ton more feathers. They are easy to breed in my experience and also quite lovely. I plan on rotating birds, mice, and rats when my Columbian rainbow boa is big enough.

[Niten]

Who understands you must be a good psyc, Akuma. Aren't you in the children's embargo game as well? They should learn when thei're young how to bomb civilians around the world, imperialism wants You for world fist****ing!

[Akuma223]

What now? You really don't make much sense dude. And just because you're a jerk doesn't mean I won't answer your questions.

[Niten]

Then everybody should know you usually spend your time here with geko owners and sadistic pitbull feeders, before listening to your bullshits. Agreed?

[Niten]

Update: the seller says she's too young, she'll be able to taste birds in a year or so.

[millertime89]

Eh, I've never heard of "too young". Did she give you any reason besides her age? Sounds like garbage advice to me.

[Akuma223]

Eh, I've never heard of "too young". Did she give you any reason besides her age? Sounds like garbage advice to me.

Agreed, If she is big enough to eat it then go for it.

[Niten]

Akuma, why don't you share your insults towards me with the other members? Going pvt is for pussies, did you know?

It's the first time I hear this as well, I adopt this kind of reasoning when dealing with sellers: are they just trying to sell you something? Not in this case, she sounds sincere.

[Zoo Nanny]

Going private with insults sounds like a good idea. This is a family friendly forum.

[Niten]

Going private with insults sounds like a good idea. This is a family friendly forum.

And children are the best flamers around. Something's terribly wrong. I came here with the best intentions, this is just the result of your warm welcome. You want war, you got it.

[Zoo Nanny]

The language that you feel must be shared has gotten others banned from the site.

[millertime89]

The language that you feel must be shared has gotten others banned from the site.

People have been banned for less actually...

[Akuma223]

And children are the best flamers around. Something's terribly wrong. I came here with the best intentions, this is just the result of your warm welcome. You want war, you got it.

You say you came here with good intentions but you started finding insult where there was none? You began insulting people you perceived had done you wrong when they were simply advising you as you asked. Now people are hostile towards you because of your behavior.

[ManSlaughter33]

You should be able to order chickens, small ones if your snake is big enough.
Find a second opinion from another seller.
I will probably have to feed chickens and rabbits when I have a 7+ foot snake.
Ps, Some gecko owners are snake owners as well.

[Niten]

Yesterday a thread of mine was closed, it was when I started blaming all the social structure that led to the breeding of those horrors you call children who hang here around harassing stranger users. I guess 2 mods have a hard time re-educating them all, a little bit of help could be appreciated

[Zoo Nanny]

People have been banned for less actually...

A lot less!

[Niten]

You say you came here with good intentions but you started finding insult where there was none? You began insulting people you perceived had done you wrong when they were simply advising you as you asked. Now people are hostile towards you because of your behavior.

Really? Actually I was the first to ask a mod if I was using the forums properly. Many complained that my writings weren't clear, after a while I understood it was just about closed minds, Anything I said let them think I should not even own a snake. They understood nothing but what they didn't like. The taming schedule was a **** for them, and it's been prepared by a pro. I got corrected about everything: feeding, pooping, lighting, bathing, mist, waterfalls, instruments, rocks, and whatevere else you may think of. All wrong. If it was for them my snake would be territorial and depressed. One of them has been feeding her dogs with her cats, the other one never had a snake. And they feel like they can joke about my snake's lifespan, and this is just really way too much..

[ManSlaughter33]

Really? I was the first to ask a mod if I was using properly the forums.
I'm assuming they said no because your other thread was deleted.

[Niten]

I'm assuming they said no because your other thread was deleted.

They had as many posts to close as they wanted, they could ban me and everything else. Or answer the P.M., at least.

[ManSlaughter33]

They had as many posts to close as they wanted, they could ban me and everything else.
Actually it does exist. but whatever..

What kind of boa do you have? curious

[Niten]

Columbian female BCI

[ManSlaughter33]

Columbian female BCI
Nice.
But I can see why she wouldnt want to sell you birds.
She doesn't look big enough to eat full sized rats yet.

[Niten]

This makes sense.

[ManSlaughter33]

My girl isn't even big enough for full sized rats yet. Shes quite a bit bigger than your boa.

[ManSlaughter33]

When she gets bigger feel free to feed her a diet of birds and rats. And if she gets even bigger, you can feed rabbits.

I think feeding local wild birds is illegal and can be bad for your snake.. parasites etc.. But find someone who sells birds specifically for snake food.

[Niten]

Nice lady. I wonder if 5 kg rabbits even exist... shouldn't she eat a 20% of her weight?

[ManSlaughter33]

Nice lady. I wonder if 5 kg rabbits even exist... shouldn't she eat a 20% of her weight?
When your snake gets Very large and you're able to feed rabbits, you can feed flemish Giants.. Some friends witth 10-12 foot snakes feed them Flemish Giants

[ManSlaughter33]

Oh and before someone notices or hasn't noticed, My girl has dicks on her LOL

[Niten]

O.o you said she's a lady! fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu do I have to help her kill it? that's a Capibara!

[ManSlaughter33]

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu do I have to help her kill it? that's a Capibara!
You can order frozen rabbits I believe. I would never reccommend feeding live rabbits.. Theyre very aggressive and can do alot of damage to a snake. Even the big ones.

[Niten]

Strictly live feeding, sorry... ^^

[ManSlaughter33]

Strictly live feeding, sorry... ^^

Then I would not suggest Rabbits.. even live rats are sketchy..
Never seen live chickens fed to a snake...

Just watch your snake because sometimes they may "kill" their prey, eat it.. regurgitate it because the prey isnt dead, and can attack your snake.

Just monitor the feedings.

[Niten]

There is a fan club for her feedings already, there should be no problem in handling the capibara.

You see? You can have a normal conversation with me.

[ManSlaughter33]

There is a fan club for her feedings already, there should be no problem in handling the capibara.

You see? You can have a normal conversation with me.
Capybara? are those even legal to use a food for pets.

[ManSlaughter33]

Ijust researched it, capibara and capybara are totally different sorry

[ManSlaughter33]

There is a fan club for her feedings already, there should be no problem in handling the capibara.

I would suggest stunning it, or a fresh killed rabbit instead..
In my own personal opinion I would not feed live rabbits..
They're messy too. they poop/pee themselves when they die/get squeezed

[Niten]

Capybara? are those even legal to use a food for pets.


They are the world's largest rodents and favourite anaconda meal. They are an endangered species you can't buy as private. And I have no idea about y or i.

[Niten]

I would suggest stunning it, or a fresh killed rabbit instead..
In my own personal opinion I would not feed live rabbits..
They're messy too. they poop/pee themselves when they die/get squeezed

Lol, if it makes laugh 50% than it does on south park I bring the popcorn

[SnoopySnake]

Nice lady. I wonder if 5 kg rabbits even exist... shouldn't she eat a 20% of her weight?

Not sure about the rabbit size but I believe most people do 10-15% of the snakes body weight, for your snakes age I would still be feeding 10-15% every 6-8 days. She's a very pretty boa.

[Niten]

Not sure about the rabbit size but I believe most people do 10-15% of the snakes body weight, for your snakes age I would still be feeding 10-15% every 6-8 days. She's a very pretty boa.

thanks, I love her too <3

[SnoopySnake]

thanks, I love her too <3

Makes me miss my two. One of em was snappy but he was so pretty.
http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac317/SnoopySnake/DSCN5376_zps9647e726.jpg
http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac317/SnoopySnake/DSCN5066_zps5328396d.jpg

[millertime89]

Not sure about the rabbit size but I believe most people do 10-15% of the snakes body weight, for your snakes age I would still be feeding 10-15% every 6-8 days. She's a very pretty boa.

The exist, I've got two or three in my freezer. There are breeds that will get more than double that size. Check out Flemish Giants.

[SnoopySnake]

The exist, I've got two or three in my freezer. There are breeds that will get more than double that size. Check out Flemish Giants.

I wasn't sure what 5 kg would be but yeah I've seen those, quite the large rabbit aha. My mini english lop I had when I was younger was around 8 lbs.

[millertime89]

I wasn't sure what 5 kg would be but yeah I've seen those, quite the large rabbit aha. My mini english lop I had when I was younger was around 8 lbs.

12 lbs. 1kg=2.2lbs