Here's a good baseline to experiment with. Feed your boa it's meal and then wait until it defecates before feeding again. You can get a really good feel for how your boa processes food by doing this for a few feedings. You will find that larger meals will take longer to digest and smaller meals will be passed in shorter time (DUH!). You can then tailor the feedings with whatever schedule you like such as smaller meals every 5-7 days, or maybe one larger meal every 7-10 or even 14 days. Keep in mind that this will definitely change as your snake matures and possibly seasonally as well.

With most of my snakes, this is the only way I do it, especially with some that are prone to regurge from overfeeding. With my boas, I find this to be a good way to keep them at a healthy weight and growth rate.

Billy

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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