First,

Congratulations on your new boa. I'm sure you will take very good care of it.



Now, about it being 7 years old and only 5 feet....



I think his size if fine for his age. Sure he could have been fed more and have gotten larger, but he's not that small.



As to how quickly/large he'll grow.. That's hard to say. He could "eventually" grow to be 8 feet or more. It could be he won't make it past 7 feet. I have no idea how quickly he'll grow.



I have a 12 year old female that's only 7 feet. She's been eating one 3 1/2 pound rabbit, every 2 weeks, for the last 5 years. She's only grown 12 inches in the last 5 years. I've been told that Surimanes can grow slowly, but my girl must be going for the record for "slow growth".



It's good that you gave him a meal. They really do need to be fed more often that every 6 to 8 months. BTW why has it been so long since it's last meal?? Was he "off his feed"?? Was he in breeding mode??? Did the previous owner just not feed him????



I guess it doesn't matter, but I am curious as you why you gave a 5 foot snake such a "small meal"??? At the very least, he should have gotten a "large rat".

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• "rescued" a boa yesterday, size question - goregrind, Wed Aug 5 16:30:45 2009
• RE: "rescued" a boa yesterday, size question - Wirlwindboaz, Wed Aug 5 17:13:23 2009
• RE: "rescued" a boa yesterday, size question - Sunshines2day, Wed Aug 5 17:33:11 2009
• thanks for the replies.... - goregrind, Sat Aug 8 11:15:07 2009
• RE: "rescued" a boa yesterday, size question - hognose15, Wed Aug 5 17:41:47 2009