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Ok well shes doin good 33" and she just ate 2 adult mice yeserday p/k she was great. Im doin that once a week. Since she ate yeserday i thoguht i could hold her today but she stuill has a nice lump in her when will it be ok to hold her again...Also in about 3 months when shes around 40" or so im going to switch to small rats a week is that too much food? my other question is about the temps im worried about its going to be hard to heat the cage soon when i move her under my stairs in the big 6'x3'x6' closet down there any tips on gwetting a good ambient twemp in there?
thanks alot
Mike

ps" dont worry the closet will be a great cage it will eb carpeted have a nice waterdish air flow,heat, hides ect.

I'm not sure how feasible the carpet would be to clean every time she went to the restroom. Especially when she reaches the 6'-7' range. My six foot female defecated last night and I thought she had a large chihuahua in the cage with her.

I just think the carpet would be too hard to clean every time and would harbor way too many germs that might affect the boa in the long run. Or maybe I just missed something and you can fill me in.
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And along with the large pile of feces you will have a lot of liquid. With a big, healthy boa, I mean a LOT of liquid. If you can't adequatley clean that carpet (not just the surface, but all the way through) you will have bacteria, mold, mildew, a sick boa, and your house will stink.
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You keep posting here asking the same questions. You seem a little obsessed with the idea of feeding a certain sized prey at a certain length. This is wrong. You need to judge the size of prey items according to the girth or thickness of the snake not it's length. If your 33" snake is the size around of a mouse you got bigger problems than your closet, man.

Caden