Boa

[bigsnakegirl785]

Originally Posted by SnakeyJay

My animals are generally lean and healthy, I'm not one for over feeding anyway (apart from my ackie, cuz he's just that cute that it's hard to say no).
I already take into account that they shouldn't need a constant food source but I do this by makeing the feed irregular in places, an extra week or so every few feeds... I just think 90 days is a bit long between feeds, if I tried that with mario he'd be a hand full by the end. He can get quite bitey when hungry

As long as they get periods off that's good. Less about overfeeding, more about giving their organs physical rest from the strain of constant eating for me.

My adult male takes it like a champ, since he was 2.5 years old (5 now). The most I've seen him do is tip a hide over in a breeding frenzy now that he's dropping plugs. No increased feeding response in the past 2 winters I've fasted him, this will make the 3rd. I have yet to see how my other boas when fasted, but my 1.5 year olds are only being fed half as often this year, not fasted. Next year I plan on fasting them.