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Old 08-17-16, 06:17 PM   #1
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Re: Resuced Hog island boa and a few questions

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Oh so you've lumped all boa keepers who use a rack system into one category. Gotcha. You're making blanket assumptions about people based of a few bad apples you've "experienced".

In MY experience, all my boa friends use racks for neonates, juvies and a select few smaller adults. I've been in enough boa rooms to see enclosures for larger adults.

Don't make assumptions.

Your previous posts all draw a line in the sand that any boa reaching 6' at 3 years of less are overfed with NO exception. You have no way of 100% verifying this by the way.

Really? A single month attributed how much growth? How can you say this as fact? How do you know the boa wouldn't have grown XX inches in a month with smaller meals or was just about to hit a growth spurt in general?

As for your snakes. Too small of a sample size. But sure, go ahead and eat your hat. I have a time believing any results from you though.
It's hard not to when I see it all the time, good for you and your friends though.

Well seeing as he grew half a foot in a matter of a couple months...yeah pretty sure on that one. He was at the end of his growth spurt when that happened, went from growing 2"-3" every other week (he went from 2.5' at 1 year to 5' at 2) to growing maybe an inch or two a month for a short time until that happened. He was well past 2 years old, and past the usual growth spurt period.

I'm just saying usually when I see that, it's people feeding their 6' boa 1-2 jumbo rats every week or something equally ridiculous, which is definitely overfeeding. If I see a snake being fed conservatively and still reach 6' at 3 I'll probably believe it's more normal than I do now, but quite a few boa breeders have told me the same thing, that 6' at 3 years is oversized, and they also have the extensive experience you say you have. Being told exactly that is what is causing me to be more conservative with my feeding, because Cloud was called out as being large for his age by several experienced keepers.
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Old 08-18-16, 09:38 AM   #2
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Re: Resuced Hog island boa and a few questions

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It's hard not to when I see it all the time, good for you and your friends though.

Well seeing as he grew half a foot in a matter of a couple months...yeah pretty sure on that one. He was at the end of his growth spurt when that happened, went from growing 2"-3" every other week (he went from 2.5' at 1 year to 5' at 2) to growing maybe an inch or two a month for a short time until that happened. He was well past 2 years old, and past the usual growth spurt period.

I'm just saying usually when I see that, it's people feeding their 6' boa 1-2 jumbo rats every week or something equally ridiculous, which is definitely overfeeding. If I see a snake being fed conservatively and still reach 6' at 3 I'll probably believe it's more normal than I do now, but quite a few boa breeders have told me the same thing, that 6' at 3 years is oversized, and they also have the extensive experience you say you have. Being told exactly that is what is causing me to be more conservative with my feeding, because Cloud was called out as being large for his age by several experienced keepers.
Yeah I didn't read this. I'm done with the discussion. I've said my piece. You've said yours. Readers can decide at this point what they want to take away.

I grow tired of circular discussions. Thanks though.
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