Well, you might probably note that the food shouldn't be bigger than the largest girth of the snake and sometimes this might be a better way of determining food size than length. Some snakes are wider at shorter lengths, while others stay leaner, so a really stocky snake might throw off your guideline. Some people feed rats the entire duration of a boa's life, and some feed adult boas smaller meals weekly or biweekly rather than moving to a "one large meal once a month" schedule (perhaps this creates a little less stress to the digestive system).

Seems like a good general guide though!
-----
Lauren Madar
www.ophidiagems.com
1.1 Hog Island Boas
1.1 Hypo BCI
0.1 Sorong-type GTP
1.0 Normal Ball Python

[ Hide Replies ]

• Working on Boa Feeding care sheet... - heffner2212, Mon Aug 28 17:53:03 2006
• RE: Working on Boa Feeding care sheet... - liquidleaf, Mon Aug 28 23:13:39 2006
• RE: Working on Boa Feeding care sheet... - joeysgreen, Tue Aug 29 08:12:45 2006
• Agreed and more.... - rainbowsrus, Tue Aug 29 10:18:34 2006