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Old 12-23-16, 06:27 PM   #1
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Re: Best Feeders For Large Boas?

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Boas don't require food larger than a large rat unless they're an absolute freakishly large specimen. That would be the healthiest choice. They have slow metabolisms and require very little food for their size. How big and old is the boa you have?
She's an adoption so I'm not sure of the *exact* age, but she's a hair over 7' now and between 2-3 years old, and feeding every 2 weeks. I've had her for a little over a year now and she's put on about a foot in length.

This is actually the first I've heard of boas staying on large rats their entire life, I was anticipating sizing out of them, if only barely so. It's at least easier on my wallet this way!
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Old 12-24-16, 06:20 PM   #2
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Re: Best Feeders For Large Boas?

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She's an adoption so I'm not sure of the *exact* age, but she's a hair over 7' now and between 2-3 years old, and feeding every 2 weeks. I've had her for a little over a year now and she's put on about a foot in length.

This is actually the first I've heard of boas staying on large rats their entire life, I was anticipating sizing out of them, if only barely so. It's at least easier on my wallet this way!
If she's 7', unless she's been powerfed to death, she's not 2-3 years old. That's more of the size of a 4-6+ year old. She may have been with the previous owners 2 years, but if she is actually 2-3 years and already 7' I would not expect her to live past 10 years old, and if she does no more than a year or two.

Every two weeks is drastically overfeeding a boa of her size, I would cut her down to a large rat or xx-small rabbit as suggested earlier, and feed every 4-6 weeks. Maybe even go as much as 8 weeks with the rabbits, but 4-6 weeks is generally fine.
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