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Old 11-13-11, 01:40 PM   #1
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my first snake

Hello everyone,
i just bought my first snake 2 weeks ago and i love it. Its a juvenile columbian boa and i named him Bo. At first i was a little nervous when handling him but now he is like a son to me. The first time i fed him it was wierd cuz i hate mice they give me the creeps so i bought a frozen one and will train him to eat only frozen mice ( its safer i have read that live mice can scratch and bit ur snake).

Ok just wanted to say wassup
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Old 11-13-11, 05:25 PM   #2
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Old 11-13-11, 05:32 PM   #3
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Congrats on the new snake and welcome.
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Old 11-13-11, 05:42 PM   #6
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Instead of mice you need to switch your Boa over to rats a.s.a.p.
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Hello and welcome. Congrats on the new snake! You are on the right path with the frozen but I would switch him over to rats as soon as possible. It will take a lot of mice to fill up a boa where as a xl rat would do the trick.
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Welcome. Post some pics
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Hello and welcome!! Would love to see a pic of your new boa. I also agree with everyone, get that boa on rats as soon as possible!!!
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Welcome! Make sure you post some pictures of your buddy
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Old 11-13-11, 07:27 PM   #11
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Welcome!! Congrats on your first snake! Post a photo soon so we can all see him! And I'll just repeat what others have said: switch him to frozen/thawed rats as soon as you can!!
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Old 11-14-11, 09:42 AM   #14
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* Colombia boa not "Columbian" boa.
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welcome! post pics of your boa when you get a chance. I'm gonna echo others and say get him over to f/t rats asap.
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