Bci eating everything around

[reptilesalonica]

Here is one of my female Bcis on eating time.
There is one adult on the throat and the tails of three hoppers

[Maggs]

Is that healthy?

[ohh_kristina]

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[reptilez]

WOWZERS!! Hope she doesnt choke pulling a stunt like that.
-Reptilez

[reptilesalonica]

Yeap, they are hoppers. Instead of second adult, gave her 3 hoppers (the one of them was very skinny).
It is always better to feed many mice but smaller than 1 or 2 but very big.
~Greg~

[HetForHuman]

Originally posted by reptilesalonica

It is always better to feed many mice but smaller than 1 or 2 but very big.
~Greg~


And why is this?
it makes no sense to me:confused:

[reptilesalonica]

Smaller items digest far more easier than bigger ones.
Usually is not a problem feeding large items but must keep an eye for regurg problems.
Especially in the winter time, where the temps are lower.
~Greg~

[BOAS_N_PYTHONS]

REPTILESALONICA:

OUCH............I am no expert but that is just wrong dude. Once thing is feeding and another things is dangerous feeding. This is just that. Feed a good size meal or a few small ones if you do not have a bigger size, but don' t go nuts stuffing the animal on its feeds.

Cya...

Tony

[HetForHuman]

well maybe the small ones do digest faster or easier than the big ones but it isnt going to matter very much when the boa is stuffed full of small ones. that to me is powerfeeding, and is not safe for your boa. i stick with 1-2 apropriate sized prey and that is it.

[reptilesalonica]

It's not power feeding since they are small and digest easier.
And i don't stuff the Boa, see her belly and you get the point of how much food she needs.
~Greg~

[sapphire_moon]

Ok I know I'm probably going to get yelled at.......But I don't even have a boa, and that just don't look right to me....lets see you try and stuff one big pizza in your mouth, then 2-3 smaller ones at the same time.....uncomfortable right?

[Solid Snake]

Originally posted by sapphire_moon
lets see you try and stuff one big pizza in your mouth, then 2-3 smaller ones at the same time.....uncomfortable right?

wish i could do that, sounds like fun.

[Zoe]

It is better to feed just one large prey item. That big "lump" gets worked away at as it works down the snake's intestines, and is exctreted perfectly. I'm sure feeding small stuff like that really messed the snake up. Step up to rats.

How do you get the other mice in?

Zoe

[HetForHuman]

Originally posted by Zoe
Step up to rats.



Zoe


my thoughts exactly Zoe.
that snake could easily take medium-large rats no prob.

[Zoe]

Meh, even two small rats! But Greg, if you feed that many MICE the snake is eating mostly fur, tail and bone! Mice aren't meaty in the first place, but furry and boney, and you're feeding 4+ of them. Definitely unhealthy - the snake is not getting enough of what it needs and too much of what it doesn't need.
Feeding a large rodent will NOT HARM the snake! Snakes were BUILT to take down large prey, why do you think their jaws can unhinge? Why do you think they get so big and eat such large prey in the wild? Because they were made to - it's how their bodies are designed! (well, with the exception of insectivorious snakes). Yes they take LONGER to digest, but snakes are built for it, but it is not HARDER to digest them. And it's far easy to digest meat than fur and bone, anyway, which your snake is getting too much of.

[reptilesalonica]

I know that they build up to eat big items, that's why you see 1 adult and 3 hoppers...
That time it happened not to have one more adult...
Lab rats are a bit rare here in Greece...hopefully i'll try to get a few and starting breeding them.
I will need them cause my Boas are getting bigger and my Ball also fed by guinea pigs the last 2 months.
~Greg~

[Jeff_Favelle]

Boas are MADE to eat large items. SO feed them large items.

And that Boa looks HYPO, you lucky dog! Post a tail pic!!

[reptilesalonica]

you lucky dog! Post a tail pic!!
:D...Yeap, i feel lucky, here is the story of that hypo female:
I had order a Bci to the petstore that i am client 4 years ago.
All the luck was on my side (for once more :D) because casually, i went to the store to buy something.
The girl said that the Bcis just had arrived.
When i went to the basement to where the Herps section is, i saw the baby boas and from the 15 specimens, only 1 was hypo!
I had ordered 2 so i pick up the hypo and another one.
The guy there (which i know very well) didn't want to sell the hypo to me, one girl said to him not to give anything until she pass from the store...
Well, i said that i am client so many years and of course i bought the (rare in Greece) hypo... ;)
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Ok, i'll post some pics when i go home, now i'm at work (if i am working is another issue) :D
~Greg~

[TheRedDragon]

Yikes! I've never seen any snake fed that way before....that can't be right....

[Linds]

She is a real beauty indeed! Wow and a pet store find at that... lucky! :D

Eep. I'm gonna have to agree with everyone else on this one. Boas are made to eat one big meal at a time, in the wild they don't put back four little meals in a sitting, just one.