give you a more indepth response, but to give you the jist of it, they were on a road to an early death.

BCC are not like BCI, different physiology, different feeding, etc. They cannot take as large a prey item and they are more sensitive to this.

For example, a baby colombian may be able to take a rat pinky every 4-5 days, while a baby bcc would likely regurge the first time from this schedule, and likely not eat again soon after, possibly leading to its demise.

Try to remember, in the wild, they can go 30-120 days between meals without a hitch; as a matter of fact, it's more the norm.

I think the male should probably be getting something like a medium rat every 14 days or so, and the female should be good with a large rat every 14 days or so.

Just because they came in big/fat doesn't mean one should maintain this detrimental schedule.

There are many reasons why this is harmful to the snake.


I would slow it down quite a bit. I'm sure others would aggree.


Best Wishes, Joe
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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo
'Tis not the stongest of the species that will eventually survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change' Charles Darwin

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