That's where I got my target wieght of 1500 grams. According to a list compiled by Gus (I forget where I found this info), mainland nicaraguan boas should have a minimum size of 1.1 meters and weight at least 2kg.



As to my nics age, it is just a guess. When I asked Ben, I said "At three feet she is probably an early 04?" His response "at least" That is all that I know of her age, so I've been treating her as an 04. But if Ben got her from someone else in trade and they weren't feeding her, than her growth may be slightly stunted from "normal"



It is possible that she was only 46 grams at birth I have had farmed nics that small. Here are her weights as of 4/23/06:



She arrived at my house 3/31/06 I wanted to wiegh her then but I didn't have batteries for my scale. 4/23 498 grams at this point she was eating weekly (various sized mice). 5/20 542 grams she started taking f/t small rats after that. 6/10 596 grams. In June the light used to light her vision cage shorted out and started a fire, she had a teeny tiny burn...so she refused food for about 3 weeks...can't blame her. She weighed about 540 grams by the end of the 3 weeks. She stared eating again 7/17 and on 8/25 she was up to 720 grams. And now, as of 10/9 she was 846 grams And she's due to eat today.



Sorry for the long post....



Amie

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