Central American, Hypo Hog, and Albino

[PatrickV]

Originally Posted by bigsnakegirl785

How do you feed that last one? Looks on the chunky side.

All of them are gorgeous (but I may or may not be biased with boas)!

I was feeding her too much n i realized not too long ago. i was feeding a jumbo rat like every 2 weeks. now im cutting it down to once a month or so.

[bigsnakegirl785]

Originally Posted by PatrickV

I was feeding her too much n i realized not too long ago. i was feeding a jumbo rat like every 2 weeks. now im cutting it down to once a month or so.

I'd probably cut down to a regular large rat as well. Very very few boas get large enough for jumbos, and at that point a mixture of regular larges and xx-small rabbits would be preferable considering the high fat count in jumbos (nearly 50% - ~46% to be exact). Once a month is a good schedule, though, glad to hear you've taken some steps to slim her out! Unfortunately these guys lose weight sooo slow. Took me a year of dieting to get my boa slimmed out a few years ago, and he wasn't too terribly overweight.

[PatrickV]

Originally Posted by bigsnakegirl785

I'd probably cut down to a regular large rat as well. Very very few boas get large enough for jumbos, and at that point a mixture of regular larges and xx-small rabbits would be preferable considering the high fat count in jumbos (nearly 50% - ~46% to be exact). Once a month is a good schedule, though, glad to hear you've taken some steps to slim her out! Unfortunately these guys lose weight sooo slow. Took me a year of dieting to get my boa slimmed out a few years ago, and he wasn't too terribly overweight.

It just a bummer because i still have like 5 jumbo's in the freezer to use up. i don't want my boa to become obese, but i hate wasting money at the same time. I guess i could see if the shop would take them back but i really doubt it.

[bigsnakegirl785]

Originally Posted by PatrickV

It just a bummer because i still have like 5 jumbo's in the freezer to use up. i don't want my boa to become obese, but i hate wasting money at the same time. I guess i could see if the shop would take them back but i really doubt it.

If you want to use the rest, I would just move that boa to eating one every 2 months, and if you pick up some regular larges give it a large every other feeding. So the feeding would look something like this:

Give it a jumbo: 2 months later offer a regular large. 1 month later, offer another jumbo, and then 2 months later do another large. Rinse and repeat until you've gone through all the jumbos and then it can stay on a large rat once a month from there.

[PatrickV]

Originally Posted by bigsnakegirl785

If you want to use the rest, I would just move that boa to eating one every 2 months, and if you pick up some regular larges give it a large every other feeding. So the feeding would look something like this:

Give it a jumbo: 2 months later offer a regular large. 1 month later, offer another jumbo, and then 2 months later do another large. Rinse and repeat until you've gone through all the jumbos and then it can stay on a large rat once a month from there.

that's a good idea, i think ill do that n then stick to regular larges. this is my first adult female boa so i'm only now figuring out how they eat at this age