New Sunglow poss het anery girl

[bigsnakegirl785]

Originally Posted by dannybgoode

Beautiful boa and sounds like she may be a big girl. Stunning colours.

I'm secretly hoping that Rachel will be on the larger side - closer to 7' instead of 6' would be perfect (she's a CA BCI so likely to remain at the smaller end of a BCI's range).

I'm hoping she will! I'll grow her nice and slow, though, so I'm not expecting her to get above 6' until she's 5+ years old, if she ends up getting bigger than that. She's growing fast, but a fast growth rate doesn't always mean a snake will get big.

As you said, she'll remain smaller. I really wouldn't expect her get much over 6', if she even reaches 6'. Different Central American localities get to different sizes, but they generally stay in the 3'-5' range, so it depends on what localit(ies) she is. If she has some Colombian blood in her, she may easily reach 6', but I wouldn't necessarily expect 7'. Even Colombians don't always reach 7', although it's much more in the realm of possibilities than the other Central American boas.

[dannybgoode]

Originally Posted by bigsnakegirl785

I'm hoping she will! I'll grow her nice and slow...

I think that's the key with boas. Nice steady growth. So easy to overfeed as they can't seem to turn food down!

Rachel is fed every eighth day on a good small mouse and shes doing well at that (she's only 6 months old).

Of course when she's matured I'll drop to every 10-14 days...

[bigsnakegirl785]

Originally Posted by dannybgoode

I think that's the key with boas. Nice steady growth. So easy to overfeed as they can't seem to turn food down!

Rachel is fed every eighth day on a good small mouse and shes doing well at that (she's only 6 months old).

Of course when she's matured I'll drop to every 10-14 days...

Oh yeah, that's the nice thing about them for sure.

I'd go with 10-14 days when she turns a year, and then when she turns 3 you can feed anywhere from every 3-6 weeks. Adult boa constrictors have insanely slow metabolisms, and feeding an adult anymore often than every 3 weeks can put your boa at risk of fatty liver disease and obesity. I'm currently feeding my 4.5 year old every 5 weeks, and he gets fasted 90 days out of the year. I'm thinking of eventually bringing him down to a 6 week schedule when he seems ready, and that will be as far spaced as he'll go.