New Boa & owner. - Page 2

zooky · 07-14-13, 06:21 PM

Thanks Ryan,

Will get one out to thaw and see what happens

zooky · 07-15-13, 05:43 AM

All went well, apart from she ate it the wrong way round.

She now has a nice noticeable bulge and is chilling in the basking spot. Think I will give her a week before the next one. Thanks for the help guys will keep you posted on progress.

KORBIN5895 · 07-15-13, 06:17 AM

Feed it a large rat weekly for the next 6 weeks. Them we'll go from there. I would also try to get guinea pigs as opposed to rats.

She really doesn't look too bad so good luck.

zooky · 07-15-13, 07:18 AM

Thanks Korbin,

Will do

Will also get some scales to get her weight at some point over the next week.

KORBIN5895 · 07-15-13, 09:28 AM

I personally never worry about the animals actual weight. I have weighed all of my snakes exactly once.

Lankyrob · 07-15-13, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

I personally never worry about the animals actual weight. I have weighed all of my snakes exactly once.

One more time than me

. I can understand checking for breeding weights, and potentially for baby snakes before selling but as a hobbiest dont see the need.

pdomensis · 07-15-13, 12:59 PM

I tend to be obsessive about my snake's weight and length, but mostly just so I can say, wow he's 4x as big as when I got him.

RyanReptile · 07-15-13, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

Feed it a large rat weekly for the next 6 weeks. Them we'll go from there. I would also try to get guinea pigs as opposed to rats.

She really doesn't look too bad so good luck.

Are guinea pigs really better to fed then large rats? The only reason I ask is because everything I have heard has suggested to avoid them because high fat and fur contant.

Snakesitter · 07-15-13, 02:00 PM

Congrats on the new addition, and well done fixing her up!

KORBIN5895 · 07-15-13, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by RyanReptile

Are guinea pigs really better to fed then large rats? The only reason I ask is because everything I have heard has suggested to avoid them because high fat and fur contant.

The higher fat content would be great for the under fed boa.

BryanB · 07-15-13, 02:07 PM

My boa at 5 feet takes rats up too 240 grams and he is a long tail which is a light bodied boa so yours should be able to take one that size no problem. If you got some under 100 g feed 2 at a time.

Kid Boa · 07-15-13, 02:12 PM

Welcome and good job.

I would have to agree with Korbin and Bryan above. guinea pigs are ok for short periods of time to build up some mass. Also, a 6ft Boa should be eating much large than 50-100 gram rats, I would have to agree with the 240+.

Good luck with it.

zooky · 07-15-13, 06:04 PM

Thanks everyone loads of great input

zooky · 07-19-13, 04:36 PM

All seems to be going well and she has settled in. She now seems more alert and curious to explore her surroundings when she is out. I've had her out on the lawn and sat down about two foot in front of her, she came over to me and took up a resting position on me. I think this is a good sign?

I got a correct weight today which was 1817g/4.0058pounds for a 5'7" BCI (Am I correct in saying she is a BCI?) this seems to be very under weight?

Monday I will feed her the two rats I have left, then will buy larger rats in the 240g range.

One of the reasons I was concerned about weight, as a first time keeper it just helps me gauge where she should be.

snakeman879 · 08-03-13, 09:52 AM

Hello I hav a 5ft female common bci and she us eating large rats 450g every 2weeks hope this helps u a bit with feeding her