shedding question

[amanda_5777]

my bci is 20 months now he is eating fine etc but he shed on the 11/82003 and hes back in blue again now it looks like hes going to shed again in the next few days!! He seems to be growing at a very fast rate. hes 2.1 metres now i measured him 3 days ago!! I'm feeding to large f/t rats every 7-10 days and he would take more if I let him I think.

Am I overfeeding or is he just going to be larger than average do you think!! As far as I'm aware hes still got a couple more years of growing to do but shouldnt it be slowing down a little now?? Any advice would be appreciated

Thanks

[Piers]

Hes fine, your overdoing it a bit. A snake will get as big as it will get. more food just means that it will get there faster and maybe get a little bigger. There is no harm in decreasing the amount of food you feed it.
Over feeding will stress a snake a little bit because it is allways digesting and never gets a break. If its a male I will slow down on it's own(usually).
Piers

[amanda_5777]

thanks for the input. Do you think maybe feed at longer intervals like every 2-3 weeks or something?? would that help ??

[Zoe]

No, just feed one large rat every 2 weeks and he'll be fine.

Zoe

[reverendsterlin]

you can move to a 3 week rabbit schedule as well, problem with feeding multiple animals may be the seeming rapidity they move through the system. Large prey, widely spaced meals probably most closely resembles the diet of the survivers in the wild, but don't quote me. I believe by thinking in grams, ounces, pounds, kilos feeders/weight of the animal, we can more accurately present feeding information. It is sad that a pinky can be between 1-9 grams in one place and guaranteed day old 1 grams. I have seem some feeders sold as adults I barely would call juvi. In many cases it is, go to the petstore, ask for the largest mouse they have, pay $1-2 each. I pay less than $0.70 for mice that weigh 35 grams(way bigger than any petstore mice I have seen). A large rabbit at a bad price would be $12USD but enough rats to make that equal weight may cost 5@$6, but there is feeding 5 rats over 3 weeks or 1 rabbit single serving. Boas can take huge meals, but basic prey weight/animal weight works whether 1 or 4 meals.