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06-18-15, 01:49 PM
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Re: How often should a one year old 4 foot long retic eat
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Well if it's not going to kill the snake by giving him large rats, then what is the problem? He is not obese or anything. He is healthy and active. I want him to reach maximum size which is also why I feed him large rats. A well fed snake that continues to grow at a rapid pace is the sign of a healthy snake. What do you mean a jumbo rat is too big for a 6 foot boa? I have a 6 foot red tail that proudly takes 2 jumbos during feeding time.
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You're putting your obsession ahead of your snakes well being.
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06-18-15, 01:51 PM
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Re: How often should a one year old 4 foot long retic eat
I am beginning to wonder if KyleKennedy really wants advice or just to argue/be confrontational. It is obvious to me reading through this and other threads he has started that he doesn't seem to want to take any advice that has been freely given by those who have had more experience taking care of retics and other reptiles. I worry about the health and safety of his animals if what he is posting is true.
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06-18-15, 01:53 PM
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Re: How often should a one year old 4 foot long retic eat
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I am beginning to wonder if KyleKennedy really wants advice or just to argue/be confrontational. It is obvious to me reading through this and other threads he has started that he doesn't seem to want to take any advice that has been freely given by those who have had more experience taking care of retics and other reptiles. I worry about the health and safety of his animals if what he is posting is true.
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You and probably most everyone else in this thread...everything he's said so far has my jaw dropping to the floor, I never thought anyone would think the way he's feeding (and has fed) his animals would be ok.
Sure, one or two big meals like the one he gave his retic is ok, shouldn't hurt it, but it shouldn't be getting meals like that every 7 days. His little 2.5' ball python shouldn't have even gotten one, period, ever. I'd be seriously worried of internal damage popping up in the future, the rat had to be nearly as big as the snake.
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06-18-15, 02:29 PM
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Re: How often should a one year old 4 foot long retic eat
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You and probably most everyone else in this thread...everything he's said so far has my jaw dropping to the floor, I never thought anyone would think the way he's feeding (and has fed) his animals would be ok.
Sure, one or two big meals like the one he gave his retic is ok, shouldn't hurt it, but it shouldn't be getting meals like that every 7 days. His little 2.5' ball python shouldn't have even gotten one, period, ever. I'd be seriously worried of internal damage popping up in the future, the rat had to be nearly as big as the snake.
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In another thread said that they used to feed live and had a tazer on hand to stun rats if they started biting their snake.
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06-18-15, 02:35 PM
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Re: How often should a one year old 4 foot long retic eat
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So a boa that eats just once a month is healthy? My boa eats 6 jumbos a month and she is healthy and thick as around as lightpost.
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Yes, boids in general have slow metabolisms...especially as adults. Some snakes like cay caulker boas and diamond pythons only eat several meals a year as adults... and this is because of the way they evolved in their natural habitats.
I would like to see a photo of your boa, because if it's as big as you say it is I can almost gaurantee that it is obese.
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06-18-15, 03:39 PM
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Re: How often should a one year old 4 foot long retic eat
The OP's response thus far has proven that he is either foolish, or trying to incite argument. I would also like to see a pic of the snake for size reference. Both the retic and the boa.
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06-18-15, 05:07 PM
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Re: How often should a one year old 4 foot long retic eat
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I do know how to properly care for snakes. I love my snakes, and they get fed well. Sometimes they eat better than I do. So what if this snake ate a jumbo. Hes' already pushing 4 feet. He isn't a baby.
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The only thing you have proven since being on this site is that you clearly have no idea how to properly care for your snakes. If you truly do "love" your snakes you need to swallow your pride and either take the advice given or sell the poor things. As you should be able to tell from nearly all the responses your idea of a healthy snake is completely misguided.
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06-18-15, 05:42 PM
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Re: How often should a one year old 4 foot long retic eat
That first picture of the retic swallowing that rat almost made me cry  Poor little guy...why are you so impatient for him to reach full size? Retics grow crazy fast even without powerfeeding...
Like everyone else here, I'm very worried about the health of your snakes. Huge does not mean healthy. Have you got pictures of both the boa and retic so we can see their overall size?
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06-18-15, 08:10 PM
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Re: How often should a one year old 4 foot long retic eat
one day after taking a jumbo. Looking nice and healthy
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06-18-15, 08:11 PM
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Re: How often should a one year old 4 foot long retic eat
My 6 foot boa taking down a rabbit with ease
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06-18-15, 08:57 PM
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Re: How often should a one year old 4 foot long retic eat
Did I read a 6 foot boa is thick around as a lightpost. I am sorry to say that is a obese snake. And why do you want them to grow fast? What is the purpose?
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06-18-15, 09:46 PM
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Re: How often should a one year old 4 foot long retic eat
You are not getting it. Just because they can take it does not mean they should. That is how the retic should look just after eating the prey not after an entire day of digesting it. One and a half times bigger! You can eat a whole pizza every night if you wanted to, but should you? As for the boa I am have no idea how you should be feeding it, but the consensus is you are over feeding it. Snakes are evolutionarily programed to take what they are given because in the wild they may only get a meal once a month. In captivity they owner is responsible for feeding in the interest of the snakes health. You frankly are not doing this, but are over feeding for selfish reasons.
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06-18-15, 10:40 PM
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Re: How often should a one year old 4 foot long retic eat
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I do know how to properly care for snakes. I love my snakes, and they get fed well. Sometimes they eat better than I do. So what if this snake ate a jumbo. Hes' already pushing 4 feet. He isn't a baby.
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but you just fed a 4 ft snake a jumbo rat...
I always have read that a meal should cause a slight bulge, it shouldn't make the snake look like it will explode any minute.
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06-18-15, 10:46 PM
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Re: How often should a one year old 4 foot long retic eat
That rabbit looks too big, and that boa looks obese. I don't even know if a 6 foot boa should eat a jumbo rat every week, let alone 2 rabbits per meal
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06-18-15, 10:58 PM
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Re: How often should a one year old 4 foot long retic eat
Both snakes look obese. You can see the fat deposits building up near the retics tail.
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