prey size

[lucky8926]

I currently have a ball python and eventually want to get a boa (which one I don't know yet) Do you follow the same guidelines on prey size for boas as you do with ball pythons...(prey item the same size as the biggest part of the body)

[urd]

i usually feed 1.5 times the largest part of the body and have never had any problems.

[Linds]

Boas are hardy and can take huge meals. I feed mine all different sizes. Sometimes they get small meals, sometimes they get 'average girth-sized' meals, and sometimes they get very large meals. I find myself usually feeding smaller meals on average though.

[lucky8926]

thanks for the info guys, I just didn't want to be going by ball python feeding guidelines for a boa.

-Troy

[SCReptiles]

i always like to see a lump after feeding. once they grow to a point you can no longer get large enough food for a lumpt, then i like to offer two. you probably will not have the problem with balls and boas. but its hard for me to get a lump in my larger diamondback. they are so think, large enough prey to make a lump are too large to swallow. and with my bigger pythons, it take a goat to see the lump and cheap goats are hard to come by.