BCC Food Size

[Jay]

I just bumped my pet BCC Guyana up a size, he did good...so far.
I see a little lump, so possibly to early...What do you think?
http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m517/jay0133/IMG_0136.jpg
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[marvelfreak]

Looks good to me.

[KD35WIN.AS.ONE]

Looks good to me.


same here.

[Jay]

Just nervous about a regurgitation due to to large of a size prey.

[stephanbakir]

He should be fine :)

[Jay]

Ha probably, I'm assuming everyone understands BCCs are not your average eaters.

[stephanbakir]

Same with mine, she got a massive bulge and was fine :)

[Jay]

Yes but BCC is not BCI. BCC's have a slower digestion rate, therefor you should not feed it a bigger prey as it will begin to rot before it can be properly digested. I know it should be fine, but it's always good to get another opinion.

[stephanbakir]

Didn't know about the digestion.

[Jay]

Yea it also causes them to grow at a slower rate, but when they reach maturity they are likely to out grow a BCI. A common misconception is that they have a "weaker" stomach then a BCI. It is false there stomach is as strong as a BCI just smaller, causing a slowed digestion rate.

[Aaron_S]

You'll be fine dude. It seems that it isn't too big for him/her. If you're worried you can always just bump it down for another three months and go from there.

Personally I like smaller meals. Less worry in general.

[Swan]

I have surinames and they can eat big meals with no problems man. You snake should be fine. If you where trying to feed it a rabbit I would say something else. Yes they do grow bigger. My female is ten feet and just under a hundred pounds and she is only three. She ate large meals and frequently and it didn't slow her growth down at all. And before it's said, she was not over fed and is in perfect health. Bottom line it should be fine and it's a beautiful snake.

[Jay]

You may possibly have a bcc x bci, very common.