Resuced Hog island boa and a few questions

[Aaron_S]

Originally Posted by acidonangles

Didn't think this was gonna start a mini argument ����

No harm dude. No one is "arguing". Seems like healthy debate to the mod team. *takes off mod hat, it's purple.*

Originally Posted by bigsnakegirl785

People do stick 8' boas in tubs, all the time. I don't really feel a boa over 5' should be kept in a tub, but that's just me. Other people can keep them in one longer if they wish, but a full grown boa (which is usually over 6') isn't suitable for a rack or tub unless that boa is of a dwarf variety offered ample height.

Okay and when did we start discussing what ****** random keepers do here? As I said who brought up 8' boas in small tubs? Only you were thinking of it because to me and anyone else here, it didn't make sense! Further, what you feel and what is fact are two different things.

I said nothing of length indicating health, just that certain lengths are average for certain ages. Despite an individual's growth rate, you are not going to get a boa to 6' by its 3rd birthday without overfeeding it in some capacity. That said, being a bit under or oversized is fine, so long as the snake is not being overfed as they do grow at their own pace.

You continually bring up length of snake vs. age as an indicator of it's health and not being stunted. A stunted snake isn't in good health, you have said "this snake at 4 - 5 feet at 3 years is not stunted". Which means you believe due to it's length that it's not unhealthy.

So I've raised far more snakes than you and most people on this forum. We're talking in the hundreds at this point. Of various species. I don't have the time to feed different every day of the week so they all get fed on the same day just some species get skipped a week or two.
Anyway, I've had the same species, from the same birth year, fed the same food supply, fed the same day grow at completely different rates. Again, why is everything so black and white for you? (You keep avoiding the question) These are living, breathing creatures so it's ignorant to go out and say "a 3 year old boa at 6 feet is overfed! No other reason for it!"

Originally Posted by bigsnakegirl785

Only way to tell is to post a picture so we can see the body tone. Feeding seems a bit too often but the weight seems ok. ....

It's cute that you feel you are some authority on boa body tone and feeding regiment.