I HAVE LEARNED THE HARD WAY THAT "POWER FEEDING KILLS". IN THE LATE '70'S, I POWERFED SEVERAL COLOMBIAN BOAS IN ATTEMPT TO BREED THEM ASAP. THESE FEMALES ALL DIED PREMATURE DEATHS. A BOA SHOULD BE FED ONLY AFTER IT DEFICATES ITS PREVIOUS MEAL. THIS IS ONLY NATURAL. A BOA IN THE WILD DOES NOT GO SEARCHING FOR FOOD UNTIL IT DEFICATES. WHY WOULD ANYONE PUT A BOA IN A CAGE, AND THINK THEY COULD FEED IT EVERY FEW DAYS, WITH NO ILL SIDE EFFECTS? I'M NOT TRYING TO DOWN YOUR POST. I'M JUST TRYING TO SAVE A FEW BOAS. I HOPE THIS HELPS YOU AND OTHERS THAT ARE CONSIDERING POWER FEEDING.

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• How's this for a yearling? - Marcel Poots, Sun Jul 27 09:21:55 2003
• That Boa is 1 year old ? - East TN Reptile, Sun Jul 27 09:29:45 2003
• FROM MY EXPERIENCE....more... - BCAGLEREPS, Sun Jul 27 13:30:48 2003
• RE: FROM MY EXPERIENCE....more... - Marcel Poots, Sun Jul 27 13:38:18 2003
• WOW, THAT'S UNREAL!....more... - BCAGLEREPS, Sun Jul 27 13:58:22 2003
• RE: WOW, THAT'S UNREAL!....more... - Marcel Poots, Sun Jul 27 14:02:39 2003
• YES, THE ONES I'VE SEEN....more... - BCAGLEREPS, Sun Jul 27 14:42:16 2003
• RE: YES, THE ONES I'VE SEEN....more... - Gib, Mon Jul 28 02:48:53 2003
• I feel sorry for that poor snake.... - SABIEN, Sun Jul 27 18:54:33 2003
• RE: I feel sorry for that poor snake.... - Marcel Poots, Mon Jul 28 00:36:05 2003
• LOL don't feel sorry ,,here's a quarter call someone who cares - xXVanXx, Tue Jul 29 19:00:53 2003
• Bad, very bad (more...) - H+E Stoeckl, Mon Jul 28 18:40:51 2003
• RE: Bad, very bad (more...) - Marcel Poots, Tue Jul 29 00:27:05 2003