you are overfeeding your Boa if it is 4ft. and eating X-Large rats.

I recently sold a mature (4 year old) male Colombian Anerythristic that was 6ft. 3in. and in perfect health. I had him for a year and a half. He was very lean and super strong, not an ounce of fat on him. He ate a LARGE rat every 3-4 WEEKS.
If you want to say he was underfed, please do some research, Boas are no Burmese Pythons and CAN NOT handle large amount of food. This male is not breeding the customer's Albino het Anerythristic (Snow) and doing a great job. If he were a fat slob he wouldn't be moving.

Boas that are overfed, as you describe, will not live long lives. Please visit www.riobravoreptiles.com and email Gus. At the rate you are going, your boas will never breed (if they do they won't produce babies) and they probably won't live any longer than 5-7years. For refference Gus had his 18 year old WC Cay Caulker male breed and father a PERFECT litter this year. In fact Gus always produces PERFECT litters, and has successfully bred his WC Belem Brazilian female the last 6 years (I believe) with perfect results. If you still don't believe me about the feeding issue, he flat out said his Paraguanera Venezualan female ate 9 times all year, and produced a PERFECT litter.

Only TWO of my YEARLING imperator are eating weanling/small rats, and they are 4 ft. The other YEARLINGS are 3ft. and eating ONE rat pup a week. My TWO YEAR OLD Bolivian amarali female is JUST NOW eating a weanling rat every week. If I had fed her like you do your animals, she would have been dead long ago.

Sorry for the rant, but please do your animals a favor and educate your self in their proper care.

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