There is never any reason to feed a boa every 4-5 days. A boas feeding habit would have it expell its meal (go poop) before going to look for it's next. So every 7 days would be fine from the get go. I feed my males every 7-10 from birth and every 14 day after 2 years old. The only reason the female stay on a 7 day feeding schedule is because they go so long with out food during the breeding season.
I hope this helps
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Jim Hopkins "Hoppy"
Hopkins Holesale Herps
Hopfam1@aol.com

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• How often should they eat?? - laserpentineroja, Mon May 24 09:57:15 2004
• RE: How often should they eat?? - davidag02, Mon May 24 10:03:18 2004
• RE: How often should they eat?? - laserpentineroja, Mon May 24 10:07:11 2004
• Also, the longer you go between feedings... - Genaroleon, Mon May 24 10:20:03 2004
• RE: How often should they eat?? - bighurt, Mon May 24 11:14:48 2004
• RE: How often should they eat?? - davidag02, Mon May 24 11:26:40 2004
• RE: How often should they eat?? - bighurt, Mon May 24 22:05:01 2004
• You should have been feeding the boa every 7 days right from the start..... - Hoppy, Mon May 24 20:05:47 2004