Furry food

[bigsnakegirl785]

Originally Posted by Keira

She's a little over a year she's just now hitting 4 ft.. which kinda worries me I've heard they are slow grows but IDK as for her belly bulge it was a noticeable bulge her last feeding was 2 small rats and she didn't have any bulge after eating.
The last time I tried she was about 4 months I got the Mouse thawed an warm to about 98 degrees I took everything out of her enclosure and held the Mouse in front of her nose she noticed it and even nudged it and then just ignored it. I know she was hungry I held off on feeding her for about 3 weeks because she had rejected it before but she had no interest in it. I kept trying for about an hour but no luck. So I went and bought a live Moise and she ate that in less than 10 mins...

4' is really large for a yearling, and 2 small rats is way too much food. She should only be eating one single small rat. You should see either no bulge at all or a small one with no scale separation, and it should always be one prey item. If she's a year, she should be eating every 2 weeks, and if she's already 4' I'd think about going to every 3 weeks to slim her out. Even if she doesn't look chubby there could be fatty deposits you can't see since they store them internally. Even a box-shaped boa can be obese and succumb to fatty liver disease if they're fed too much.