Baby boas are alot like children, just because a child wants 25 candy bars, and could eat them, doesn't necessarily mean it is good for them. About 6 or 7 years ago, we purchased our first boa, well he had us fooled into thinking he was starving to death, so not knowing any better,we were feeding him every day. After about a week,the guy we were buying the food from asked us if we had acquired more snakes, and that was why we were buying so much food. When we told him no, he then discussed the dangers of overfeeding. He told us flat out, if we continued at this rate he would die! Why take an animal that could possibly live for 30 years, and shorten its live expectancy, because it will eat itself to death? Or best case scenario, it would live for a long time, and then drop over dead from a heart attack, caused by obesity. Sorry to be longwinded, but this is a very sore subject for me. Love and care for your boas, as you would your children. They don't know what's best for them!!!!!!!

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