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Ophidia_Junkie
at Fri Dec 7 06:06:30 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Ophidia_Junkie ]
>>Yes, I agree. The thing is, I read about all these 7 foot Hog Isle Boas on here. In the case of the true wild form, of course they are small. >>>
Any Boa, even the small ones, CAN obtain larger sizes if fed items that are a bit large for the Boas size. It's a genetic response to the size of the available prey. A prime "WILD" example would be the Anaconda. The ones that live in the same range of the Capibara obtain enormous sizes, while the rest of them outside the range get large, but nothing like the ones who feed on the larger prey.
Try giving one a good head stretch some time, and see if it don't go into a shed cycle almost immediately. I don't recommend feeding this way, but I have on occasion done it.
BTW...You both forgot to include Sabogae in the small list. Unless you're lumping them into the Panama category. 
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RE: Boa locale differences? - Ophidia_Junkie, Fri Dec 7 06:06:30 2007