Max length.

LINEBACKER 2 · 05-22-04, 09:11 PM

What the max length of just a common Boa Constrictor? My girl is just over 4 years old and is about 8 feet long.

She only eats once a month (4 pound rabbit).

She won't get much bigger than this will she?

Steve

DonMeyer · 05-22-04, 09:29 PM

That is a large boa you have man!

I have heard of boas getting to 10 feet but only seen 8ft ones.

Yours sounds like its at its max probably.

Lrptls · 05-22-04, 09:47 PM

if its at 4 years old, i bet it could get 2 or 3 feet longer.

672 · 05-22-04, 09:50 PM

2 or 3 feet more is pushing it I think, but maybe, just maybe! Maybe if you switched it to a 4 pound rabbit every 3 weeks...

Lrptls · 05-22-04, 09:52 PM

i'v seen pictures on the internet of 15 foot BCI's, not saying his is going to get 15 feet long but 10, 11 maybe 12, maybe not but possible

LINEBACKER 2 · 05-23-04, 12:46 AM

She's playing with her dead rabbit right now. Which is odd, because usually it doesn't take her this long to eat her prey. Well, she'll get it down.

2 or 3 feet longer? Well... damn that's large. I don't think she'll get that big, but who knows. She does shed for me every 2 months like clockwork though.

Shedding that frequently, is that common?

Steve

Lrptls · 05-23-04, 09:26 AM

i'v heard that for many BCI's once there 5 years old they are geting close to finish growing, yes, snakes grow their whole lives, so they probably just slow it down.
i explaind to my friend once that my boa was 5.5 feet, 5 years old and ate 1 large rat a week, he said she might get another foot or 2 longer.
my boa is around 5 years old and sheds just about every other month.

Invictus · 05-23-04, 12:31 PM

Show me a picture of a 15' BCI and I'll show you a liar.

Never happened man. The largest one on record is around 13'.

Linebacker, 8' is a really good size, but her growth will slow down. Most of the growth is done in the first 4 years. As for how big they *CAN* get, well, I have an 8 foot MALE, and that's supposed to be extremely uncommon. I personally don't think it's all that uncommon. A buddy of mine here in Calgary has a 10' female, and I have one of her offspring from her and an 8' male. My "little guy" is a year and a half old and already around 5', taking large rats every meal.

DonMeyer · 05-23-04, 12:37 PM

Invictus my female is 1 1/2yrs old also and alittle under 5ft maybe an inch of two...is that large?

672 · 05-23-04, 02:42 PM

That's probably about average, considering it's a female, but it is a very good size for a 1 1/2 yr. old!