my first snake

[sekans]

Hello everyone,
i just bought my first snake 2 weeks ago and i love it. Its a juvenile columbian boa and i named him Bo. At first i was a little nervous when handling him but now he is like a son to me. The first time i fed him it was wierd cuz i hate mice they give me the creeps so i bought a frozen one and will train him to eat only frozen mice ( its safer i have read that live mice can scratch and bit ur snake).

Ok just wanted to say wassup

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[bbb13]

Congrats on the new snake and welcome.

[marvelfreak]

Hello and 15271 to our zoo.:)

[shaunyboy]

hello and welcome

cheers shaun

[Jay]

Instead of mice you need to switch your Boa over to rats a.s.a.p.

[Gungirl]

Hello and welcome. Congrats on the new snake! You are on the right path with the frozen but I would switch him over to rats as soon as possible. It will take a lot of mice to fill up a boa where as a xl rat would do the trick.

[snake man12]

Welcome. Post some pics

[ladyjustice33]

Hello and welcome!! Would love to see a pic of your new boa. I also agree with everyone, get that boa on rats as soon as possible!!!

[Hurrok]

Welcome! Make sure you post some pictures of your buddy :)

[alessia55]

Welcome!! Congrats on your first snake! Post a photo soon so we can all see him! :yes: And I'll just repeat what others have said: switch him to frozen/thawed rats as soon as you can!!

[Kayla90]

Welcome to the forum :D

[UwabamiReptiles]

Welcome to the forum!

[Jay]

* Colombia boa not "Columbian" boa.

[millertime89]

welcome! post pics of your boa when you get a chance. I'm gonna echo others and say get him over to f/t rats asap.

[spots]

Welcome, and gratz on your new pal.
Like everyone is saying I would get the pal of yours on rats asap, reason 1 cheaper 2 less feeding amounts 3 from my understanding better for your snake (food wise) closer to natural food.

[sekans]

Thanks for the heads up on switching to rats. I didnt know if the rat was going to be too big my cbc is only about 18 inches but next feed i will get a bigger one but im definitely going to try to keep him on frozen/ thawed rats unless he stop eating them. ( i hate live rats they give me the he-be-ge-bees...lol)

[candyraver69]

Welcome :) You can get young rats about the size of a mouse, that is probably about the size you want to have him on now. You don't want to switch him to something begger necessarily yet, just get him used to the smell and taste of rats before he gets too used to mice is all. About 3 week old rats should be perfect, someone chime in and tell the correct term for these please... pups?

[candyraver69]

Okay I double checked rodentpro, they are called pups on there for 14-18 day olds which is the ones you would want if he is as big around as a mouse roughly. My Boas are a tad smaller being baby Nics so I am a size behind you and wasn't sure the name for the next size lol.

[SnakeyJay]

Welcome... and congrats on your aquisition :)