Are CA boas really that defensive compared to commons?

[bigsnakegirl785]

Originally Posted by SSSSnakes

Maintenance feeding is not under feeding. Maintenance feeding is giving the snake enough food to grow at a slower rate. The snake is never over fed, so it does not get to large to fast. Maintenance feeding is something that is done in nature naturally on many island, where there is not an abundance of food for the snake. This is were we get smaller Retics naturally. You still feed the snake every 7 to 14 days, just smaller meals. Watch the you tube videos from Prehistoric Pets were he talks about how he does this to keep the snakes smaller.

From my understanding, I thought maintenance feeding was feeding a snake something half the size it would normally eat half as often. For example, feeding my 3.5' retic fuzzy mice every 2-3 weeks instead of a weaned rat every 1-2 weeks. What you describe is what I consider conservative feeding, I'd always thought that maintenance feeding was giving the snake just enough to survive, not necessarily to grow. To keep the snake undersized, not let it grow more naturally.

[lady_bug87]

Originally Posted by bigsnakegirl785

From my understanding, I thought maintenance feeding was feeding a snake something half the size it would normally eat half as often. For example, feeding my 3.5' retic fuzzy mice every 2-3 weeks instead of a weaned rat every 1-2 weeks. What you describe is what I consider conservative feeding, I'd always thought that maintenance feeding was giving the snake just enough to survive, not necessarily to grow. To keep the snake undersized, not let it grow more naturally.

I believe you are correct