It really depends on the size of a food item and how big your snake is. Some snakes are little piggies and will just keep eating, causing them to become obese. Plus, overfeeding at a young age (called powerfeeding by some) can negatively impact the health of your snake.

So if you are moving your snake's meal size up, start with just one at first, and as the snake grows, you can start offering two again.

However, don't think you HAVE to always offer two items. You don't. As long as the boa is getting a meal that is appropriately sized for it, it doesn't matter if it's one or two items. Snakes are pretty flexible and opportunistic - they can survive for many months without meals if necessary (as they do in the wild if nothing comes along), so some people like to feed bigger meals every 3-4 weeks, some feed every two weeks, and some people offer smaller meals every week, it just depends on what you feel is right. Just be aware of the risks of overfeeding!
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Lauren Madar - OphidiaGems.com
1.0 BP, 1.0 Hog Is., 1.1 Hypo BCI, 1.1 Surinam BCC, 0.1 GTP

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• I have a simple question. - d3m0nhun73r, Mon Jun 4 10:56:38 2007
• RE: I have a simple question. - liquid-leaf, Mon Jun 4 11:12:15 2007
• RE: I have a simple question. - ChrisGilbert, Mon Jun 4 12:09:55 2007
• RE: I have a simple question. - d3m0nhun73r, Mon Jun 4 12:46:46 2007
• RE: I have a simple question. - ChrisGilbert, Mon Jun 4 14:22:51 2007
• RE: I have a simple question. - d3m0nhun73r, Tue Jun 5 19:56:07 2007
• RE: A pretty simple answer... - BillyBoy, Mon Jun 4 12:46:35 2007