when should i feed my baby boa again?

[Wendtskie]

Am.i supposed to wait till they poop? Or every 4 days

[KORBIN5895]

How old is it? Babies should be fed every 5-7 days.

[Wendtskie]

Not sure on the exact age and i couldnt even estimate i just know hes small haha

[KORBIN5895]

Rough length?

[alessia55]

If you're unsure of age but it's still relatively small, you can feed it every 6-7 days.

[Wendtskie]

I would say approx 2 and a half feet and about a little less then a quartter thick

[KORBIN5895]

Definitely go weekly. What size are you feeding?

[Wendtskie]

Little fuzzies

[Lankyrob]

I feed upto 12month olds every 7 days and then after that every 14 days :)

[shaunyboy]

with certain types of boa,being over fed can lead to health issues,i'll leave it to one of our more experienced boa keepers to advise you further

feeding every 4 days is a bit much for any snake imo

hatchlings i feed every 7 days

cheers shaun

[Norm66]

I would say approx 2 and a half feet and about a little less then a quartter thick

2'-6" seems awful long only to be the diameter of a quarter. Or am I misunderstanding? My boa is about that length and easily the diameter of a 50 cent piece or maybe a bit bigger.

[lady_bug87]

Fuzzy rats right?

[KORBIN5895]

2'-6" seems awful long only to be the diameter of a quarter. Or am I misunderstanding? My boa is about that length and easily the diameter of a 50 cent piece or maybe a bit bigger.

Gabby ( who I believe was a crawley Cay boa) was about that size. He took forever to thinken up. I would say your boa is around 6 months and could easily handle a large mouse or rat pup. Maybe even a small weaned rat.

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I fed Gabby a small rat last night. He ate it in under two minutes and it didn't even leave a bump. He is around a year old and will be moved to medium rats next week.

[MoreliAddict]

Every 7 days is fine. If you post pics of your boa next to a tv remote or a ruler for size reference, people on here could tell you what size prey it should be eating - may be bigger than you think.

[Wendtskie]

I cant get small rats anywhere where i live they just have rats the size of big mice . I have a vid on youtube of my Boa channel Wendtskie

[youngster]

If your snake is the size of a quarter it should be able to take a rat the size of an adult mouse fairly easy.

[lady_bug87]

You can double up the prey instead of feeding 1 per meal offer 2

[Wendtskie]

How do you share photos of my android

[theapexgerman]

How do you share photos of my android
Like posting pics use postimage.org its pretty easy

[Wendtskie]

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[theapexgerman]

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[CDN_Blood]

I've been watching this and it's time to let myself go...

If you can't get a steady food source that's suitable for your snake, why would you get the snake?

If you don't know how often to feed the thing, again, why would you get a snake?

Honestly, ask yourself these questions. It's unfathomable to me that people rush out and get things they're totally unprepared to keep, yet it happens more and more every day. It's just beyond me. Stuff like this makes us all look bad.

I wish there was a section specifically dedicated to things like this so the more advanced folks don't have to see it and we could simply leave it to those who have the patience for it. As much as I enjoy helping those who are willing to learn and do their due diligence before jumping into the hobby, I just don't have any patience left for this type of thing. Period.

If there was a voting system on who could and could not post, I'd be *so* down with that, too, although that is a totally unrelated and I bring it-up with others in mind.

[lady_bug87]

Todd I understand where you're coming from and you know my personal thoughts on keepers the way animals should be kept and acquired. In saying that we should try and help new naive and misinformed keepers learn the error of their ways in hope of reforming them to a more responsible and ethical way of keeping.

That is if we have the patience to do so. I know there are some keepers even on here that I feel I could not help due to the nature of their inquiries.

[CDN_Blood]

Todd I understand where you're coming from and you know my personal thoughts on keepers the way animals should be kept and acquired...

Trust me, I've not forgotten my own mandate. At any given time I've got assistance going to a number of folks that track me down through various channels, and I've actually started passing some of that help off to other contacts to help lighten the load.

Do a Google search for the phrase "quality, commitment and responsibility in all aspects of private herpetoculture". I'd give you one guess as to who's behind that and who coined that phrase to lead the charge, but you already know <wink-wink>, so believe me when I say I am mandated to help, however...

Acquiring a snake without the means to feed it what it needs is not naive. That's not even foolish, it's just plain irresponsible and I can't support that.

[Norm66]

wendtskie, feel free to pm me with any questions you have. I'll do my best to help you.

[lady_bug87]

Trust me, I've not forgotten my own mandate. At any given time I've got assistance going to a number of folks that track me down through various channels, and I've actually started passing some of that help off to other contacts to help lighten the load.

Do a Google search for the phrase "quality, commitment and responsibility in all aspects of private herpetoculture". I'd give you one guess as to who's behind that and who coined that phrase to lead the charge, but you already know <wink-wink>, so believe me when I say I am mandated to help, however...

Acquiring a snake without the means to feed it what it needs is not naive. That's not even foolish, it's just plain irresponsible and I can't support that.

Completely fair and understandable and I agree I was just offering my $0.02
While slightly playing devil's advocate

[alessia55]

I don't mind these sorts of questions. I feel like this forum should be open to new owners who are unsure about what they're doing still. It can be frustrating for those of us who are much more advanced in our reptile keeping, but we all started somewhere! I'd rather have someone come here and ask "when should I feed my snake again?" than to have them guess and feed them too often or not often enough. I think that's part of what makes this forum great! We welcome people of all stages of reptile keeping. Yes, wendtskie could've done a bit more research, but she's here now and if anything, I'm happy and patient and willing to answer her questions :)

[lady_bug87]

^^ Yes, that's all fine and good but Todd raises a really good point. Research is key to this whole problem. We all have impulse buys but most of us that do that have an idea of what we're getting ourselves into. If the OP would have done their research then they would have known what the feed schedule should be. Its not mean to not help its not even insensitive, its that how many animals have you seen get mistreated unintentionally by an owner who didn't take the time to research it out?

Answering questions about foodsize is different though. That (to me) is individually based from snake to snake. I still have a hard time finding out the right time to change food size but that isn't something that is easily rectified by google. There is a difference in being irresponsible and being new (not saying the OP is either one)

As for the other thing there ARE members on here that get snippy when there are things going on that suck for the animal. I have seen it. Also to be fair there are people that when they post I cringe.

I believe in an honest question gets an honest answer but there are limits and we all have different ones. Doesn't make it right or wrong. I stand by what I said about helping irresponsible keepers change their ways but I also agree with Todd in saying that some forms of irresponsibility and negligence shouldn't be treated so liberally.

Yea we all started somewhere.. the difference is where we end up.

[KORBIN5895]

^^ Yes, that's all fine and good but Todd raises a really good point. Research is key to this whole problem. We all have impulse buys but most of us that do that have an idea of what we're getting ourselves into. If the OP would have done their research then they would have known what the feed schedule should be. Its not mean to not help its not even insensitive, its that how many animals have you seen get mistreated unintentionally by an owner who didn't take the time to research it out?

Answering questions about foodsize is different though. That (to me) is individually based from snake to snake. I still have a hard time finding out the right time to change food size but that isn't something that is easily rectified by google. There is a difference in being irresponsible and being new (not saying the OP is either one)

As for the other thing there ARE members on here that get snippy when there are things going on that suck for the animal. I have seen it. Also to be fair there are people that when they post I cringe.

I believe in an honest question gets an honest answer but there are limits and we all have different ones. Doesn't make it right or wrong. I stand by what I said about helping irresponsible keepers change their ways but I also agree with Todd in saying that some forms of irresponsibility and negligence shouldn't be treated so liberally.

Yea we all started somewhere.. the difference is where we end up.

I've been watching this and it's time to let myself go...

If you can't get a steady food source that's suitable for your snake, why would you get the snake?

If you don't know how often to feed the thing, again, why would you get a snake?

Honestly, ask yourself these questions. It's unfathomable to me that people rush out and get things they're totally unprepared to keep, yet it happens more and more every day. It's just beyond me. Stuff like this makes us all look bad.

I wish there was a section specifically dedicated to things like this so the more advanced folks don't have to see it and we could simply leave it to those who have the patience for it. As much as I enjoy helping those who are willing to learn and do their due diligence before jumping into the hobby, I just don't have any patience left for this type of thing. Period.

If there was a voting system on who could and could not post, I'd be *so* down with that, too, although that is a totally unrelated and I bring it-up with others in mind.

You two should stop talking about me k'? (That's me using attitude.)

[lady_bug87]

Pft you're not my mom Kevin

[KORBIN5895]

How do you know? Maybe I am creeping you to make sure my daughter is behaving herself?

[icole]

Todd. When ever I get into a new hobby. I join the forum, and start searching. If there were not threads answering novice questions, then novices doing research would not have anything to learn. I think that it is fine to buy a snake and then do your do diligence and learn how to take care of it, as long as you are committed to learning and doing what it takes from the onset.