This picture:





...shows LOTS of fat rings around the lower third of her body. You can see them start at the top of the picture where her body runs along the tub. You can see more of them just under her head on her tail.



Has this girl been in your care her entire life, or are these "updated pics" from the person you sold her to?



My guess is, based on some of your videos like this: http://youtu.be/4nf9V9pMUP0 , is that she has been in your collection since birth. The MALE in that video was no more than 2 years old (he's an '08 animal and that video was posted in Feb 2010 meaning he couldn't be older than 25 months and was likely less than 2 years old) and was 6' long, easily. Yes, at that time, he "looks" healthy. But the picture above CLEARLY illustrates that the long term impact to feeding SO HEAVILY to obtain such fast growth is extremely detrimental.



Actually... is this her? http://youtu.be/nzQWL8gTK7Y



If that's her, in that video you claim she's 20 months old and an average size for boas at that age in your collection. My boas don't reach that size until after 4 years of age, sometimes 5 or 6 years, and you won't find a single fat ring on my boas.



Brian, I think you're a good guy who's done a lot for this hobby/business, but I think it is OBVIOUS that you overfeed the heck out of your boas. And I think that this is going to SEVERELY shorten the lives of your animals - a fact that you're either naive, or, indifferent about. Neither of which is acceptable, IMO, for someone as tenured in the boa world as you.



Normally, I'd just let the practices of another keeper go if I disagree with them. But in this case, history and the best keeping practices in this industry show us that your animals will NOT live as long as they should, due to your feeding practices. And that's unfair to them and THAT'S why I spoke up.



jb
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