Has anyone else ever experienced a boa shying away from rats that are plenty within its eating size range? My BCI never started doing it until this summer, so I backed her down to two small rats, and she took to them like candy. Yesterday I tried one medium, and she huddled in the corner of her feeding box. Any explanation?
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Scaredy boa...won't eat big rats!
lilbitlizz
Oct 01, 2003 09:18 AM
Replies (2)
jch
Oct 01, 2003 10:33 AM
I ran into the same problem this year also. I have not been able to figure it out as of yet. Mine went from large rats all the way down to hopper rats. Plus all my rats are p/k, so it makes no sense to me. Good luck, let me know if your figure anything out.
Lucien
Oct 02, 2003 02:02 PM
My BCI did that for a while.. He can take a jumbo rat no problem (My large breeder male rats that I have) however not long ago he wouldn't take anything but small or mediums.... But that stopped again this past summer.. He took 2 of my bigger males over the summer and then after they were gone, several of my older XL females... fed every couple weeks.. 2 or 3.
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Lucien
1.0 Columbian Redtail Boa (BCI)
3.1 Leopard geckos (2 Blizzard and 2 het Blizzard)
0.1 Savannah Monitor
13 rats
12 Gerbils
2 Dogs
3 cats
1 Albino Corey (fish)
