What nobody is taking into account is the how the Metabolism of Ectotherms work. I've posted this over and over again, but no one really seems to get it. Heat equals higher metabolic activity. Metabolic activitity means an active digestive syetem, immune system, etc. I firmly believe the cookie cutter Boa keeping recipe is flawed. Flawed in the fact that it doesn't allow these animals to get to the metabloic level they need to digest properly. Feeding less solves it from the other end, but solves it for who? The Boas or their keepers? I leave my ultratherms wide open, and they sit between 120-130 degrees. The Boas sit under them, and are HOT to the touch when they do so. They have the ability to thermoregulate from 78 degrees to whatever the heatpad is putting out, and my Boas are super-charged compared to others that are given the 90 or 92 degree hotspot. They digest incredibly fast, and process what they take in. Converting it into usable energy and not just fat. They are fed every 5-7 days and I've yet to make an obese Boa. Take it for what you will, but Ectothermic metabolic systems are very complex, and completely foreign to anything thats warm blooded.
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