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RE: Feeder question...

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Posted by: kcpits at Thu Jun 19 11:42:36 2008   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by kcpits ]  
   

You are probably correct, I guess it would depend on your feeding program. I personaly feed all my adult boas (B.c.c) one or two xl rats every ten to fourteen days for females and one large rat every fourteen to twenty one for the males. They do not have any problems digesting and are certainly not obese just great muscle mass!! On neo's and sub adults I feed every ten days the appropriate rat and all thrive and grow nicely. Just for your info I did buy guinea pigs once and noticed that after the third feeding on that diet the bowl movements were not at all regular and the stools became very pastey and stinky, so from then on I have only fed rats. I know of someone that tried to save money and purchased a certain bloodline of lab rats that have very high fat content and he had serious problems and lost some snakes as well. All my opinion but I hope this helps

good luck and grow them slow

Joel Thomas


   

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