Well, I'm always one to try new things, so I decided a few years ago to conduct a little experiment with my Rainbows. Everyone always says that breeding boas too early and "power-feeding them" and accelerating their growth, etc etc etc is bad, bla bla bla......
So I decided to try something. Mind you, its not a closed experiment, and it won't really tell me much, but it'll be fun anyways. This "little" Rainbow is 4 years old now. I didn't breed her and I didn't gun her to breeding size in 18 months (like I have done with ALL my Rainbows). Instead, I fed her slowly and I never cycled her and I kept her seperate from all the other Rainbows. Well, she is now 4 years old and, I am not joking, closing in on 7.5 feet!! She is a MONSTER! I never paid much attention to her other than to feed once in a while, change the newspaper, and give fresh water. Well I was rerranging eveything for winter cycling (Nov. 15th folks!!!) and I pulled her out and I could barely lift her! HUGE is an understatement!
So it'll be neat to see what she does, this her first year of breeding.
She's just gone out of the blue and is now clear and should shed tonight. That explains the absence of the moons. But look at that
RED!!!!!!! .
I LUV Rainbows!
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