what to feed to a boa...

[BallPythonLover]

I have a 3 month old comlumbian redtail boa baby that is 22 inches long. i feed him jumbo mice. i want to know what is around the size of a adult mouse but has alot more nutrition?
you help will be appriciated
popeye says "please help him out i want the good stuff'' :zi:

[Jayson]

weaned rats. Better to sitch to rats anyhow, it wont be long before it is on Jumbo rats.which is equal to about 10-12 jumbo mice

[BallPythonLover]

thanks i really apriciate it

[jason23]

that seems prety big for a snake that is only 22" my bci is about the same age and size and i feed him pinkie rats how big are weaned rats?

[Linds]

Originally Posted by jason23

that seems prety big for a snake that is only 22" my bci is about the same age and size and i feed him pinkie rats how big are weaned rats?

Pinky rats are very small for a snake that is nearly 2', though I agree, weaned rats are pretty big for a 3 month old boa.

There isn't a standard as far as small, medium, large, etc. goes for sizing rodents, however, a 2.5 - 3 week old rat is generally the same size as the largest mouse. Either one seems pretty large for the snake though. I would definitely put bets as that being what caused your boa to regurgitate his meal before.

[jason23]

yeah i know the pinkie rats are a bit small gonna get some fuzzies, heres something i found http://www.redtailboas.com/frozen_th...en_thawed.html

[BallPythonLover]

i know about that, if he doesnt eat it with in 2 minutes i kill it my self.
most time it took for him to kill and eat one was 1.5 minutes.
and i tried a f/t fuzzy mouse and it wasnt interested ( it wasnt generaly what i bouth for him it was a left over from my baby corn he died from a mouth rot. i think he got it from a pinky rat i gave him its stomach was brown but they told me i was normal so i fed it) any way the i tried a jumbo adult mouse and he took i the minute i dropped it into the cage. i think he like big things.
i got him a 40 gallon today and he is all over the place i know it is new but i think he enjoys the extra space. he was in a ten before!!!