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i wanted to know what anyone on here thinks is a good size meal for a 2 year old female peruvian bcc. she is 4ft in length and has been feeding on two small rats every 10 days since january. im thinking about giving her one medium rat every 10 days. what do you guys thinks. hey since you r on here lets see some pics of your bcc also.

thank you

at 4 feet she could actually go with a large rat per meal but medium would be fine if you plan to feed frequently...bear in mind I am not a fan of power feeding so you may get some different answers from some others...

and a pic of my 1.1 suris

I'M IN SKIN!!!

thanks for the help. nice surinames you have there. im going to get me a few soon. i love suris

My advice is to not get attached to any schedule for feeding your Boa.. Instead, watch how your Boa is growing and developing and feed it more or less according to what you are trying to acheive. Generally speaking more frequent meals, even somewhat small meals, will grow a Boa more rapidly than larger meals less frequently given. That has to do with how much of the snake's own resources have to be committed to producing the proteins and enzymes it uses to digest prey.
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Overall I feed probably 1/2 as much as many Boa keepers and breeders do. Yet the boas here are healthy and give good litters with few problems or complications. How much is that? you might ask.. it varies with each type of boa as well as their age and sex. The best insight I can give you on what I'm suggesting is to show you the condition of a BCC adult female that I consider to be in proper condition.. Here's a pic..
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.. that's a mature female Iquitos Peru redtail born and raised here.
For a male in the same size range that would be somewhat chunky.. This next image is of an 8' male (part of one)..
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.. his body is about twice as tall as it is wide. I hope this info helps!
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Gus
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"Quality is not an accident. Perfectly healthy animals are a minimum requirement.. everything else is just salesmanship" gus

yes that helps me alot. also i must say u have some amazing bccs. i'd love to get one or two of your suris. the ones you have are from a certain locality. i'd love to see a pick of the adults you have and the babies if you have any available.

thank you