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08-16-03, 10:47 AM
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does he look ok thickness
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08-16-03, 11:06 AM
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He looks fine to me.
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08-16-03, 11:13 AM
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That's a great girth. He looks very healthy.
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08-16-03, 11:22 AM
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Looks too healthy....Better ship him to me. NOW!!! Seriously, Gr8 Looking snake.
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08-16-03, 04:35 PM
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It looks like he's very healthy, you have nothing to worry about. And, ignore Spyderman, ship him to Calgary. 
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08-16-03, 05:11 PM
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looks like a healthy snake 
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08-16-03, 06:02 PM
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OK if that's healthy than what's wrong with my snake!? The friend he was talking about was me, she's not fat but she is beginning to become a big girl. I have to get a better digi cam so i can take proper close pics. But Pontus is just upset i think since his has become a bit of a picky eater and mine eats baby rats no prob. LOL, i just like teasing him all the time, but i personally think they are both healthy, just different body types. P.S. Pontus: Skewch is in shed right now so she'll be getting close to Fred's size, so don't be worried.
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08-16-03, 07:05 PM
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If his has some little eating problems but isnt to thin, there is no problem with him at all.. if he gets skinny then he could start to worry,
dont forget snakes can go for weeks without eating without problems..
It will only slow its growing rate but nothing to worry about...
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08-16-03, 08:47 PM
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Keep in mind also that female boas get a LOT bigger than males, and a LOT faster. A yearling male boa is commonly around 3 feet - for females it's more like 5. And the females tend to have a much bigger girth to them too. Like Poisonous said, worry when she gets too skinny, not when she's too big.
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08-18-03, 03:00 PM
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Pontus,
He looks fine to me as well. Just because he doesn't match his littermates isn't to say he's unhealthy, he isn't a clone  Different snakes have different growth rates. Also keep in mind if he isn't feeding regularily, then he won't have the food in his system that may give him a bit of additional bulk.
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Originally posted by Invictus
Keep in mind also that female boas get a LOT bigger than males, and a LOT faster. A yearling male boa is commonly around 3 feet - for females it's more like 5. And the females tend to have a much bigger girth to them too
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Eep. Not usually. True females do attain larger length and girth than most males... however a 5' yearling female is rare unless its being fed like crazy.
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08-18-03, 08:28 PM
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Are boa's more boxy than round???? I've noticed when I look at red tailed boa pics they seem to be kind of boxy or triangular (sp??) but I kow bp's are supposed to be round.........what about boa's (red tailed boa's)
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08-18-03, 08:35 PM
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depends on the sub species.
cheers
paul
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08-18-03, 09:29 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by sapphire_moon
Are boa's more boxy than round???? I've noticed when I look at red tailed boa pics they seem to be kind of boxy or triangular (sp??) but I kow bp's are supposed to be round.........what about boa's (red tailed boa's)
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A triangular snake is a very underfed snake, and even the most underfed boa won't usually get to that point, but more take on that square-ish shape with sunken areas. Some boas tend to be more angular than say ball pythons, kind of a tossup between a circle and a square
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