And then there was 12

[GyGbeetle]

Originally Posted by bigsnakegirl785

Nope, boa constrictors are garbage disposals. Which is both good and bad, they're easy to feed, but that means it's easy for people to overfeed them.

I wouldn't go to just rabbits, I'd still give rats every other feeding. Rabbits are nutrient-dense and even though they're lean on fat, they can still get chubby on them very quickly. If you fed just rabbits I'd go more to every 6-8 weeks. I only feed my rabbits as often as I do because I try to keep them about equal to rat size, and I feed a rat every other feeding. I don't start them on rabbits until they're at least big enough to eat rabbits that are fully mobile so they're either weaned or close to it, so 6'+.

I only have 2 that are this size; Fang and Hennessy (the new girl). Edward and Bella both aren't yet a year old. Fang I'm worried about; he was eating every 2-3 weeks before we started babysitting. We switched him to every week, then went back down to 2-3 weeks. But I can feel some fatty lumps going up him. He's leaned out quite a bit, and we try to exercise him often. He had these "lumps" when we first started to babysit. I don't know if that's just his skin, or if it's something to be concerned with. Since all of our other boas are babies, I have nothing to compare it to.