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MY BCI she is now 38" with a 1 1/4" at widest part. Hses been doing great...One thing that I find weird is thats when i got her 2 1/2 months ago she was 33" and eating 2 large mice a week.....about 1 month after I ghot her I moved her to a small rat a week...shes eating 1 small rat a week now but she is getting a bulge just not that much anymore but it is still nnoticeable.....When is the right time to move to medium rats?? I was thinking qwhen her girth reaches 1.5 inches? But doesnt around 42" of boa seem to small for a medium rat.? ONe more thing...once she goes to mediums I will cut back to every 10 days this is correct right? Then go with a appropriate size rabbit every 2 weeks once they hit the 6-7 foort mark?
thanks alot
Mike

Is anyone going to answer???

I feed 26 inch snakes med. rats. 36 inch ones are on large rats. After that I go to pigs then rabbits. But I live in Florida and my snakes are out on the porch. Much warmer here. A snake will grow to accommodate it's prey. I've got 1 thats approaching 11 ft that eats 20lb opposums. As for as how often, I wait till they poop to feed them again.

I think most people will tell you they feed every two weeks. My 1.5 yr old BCI is about four foot now and takes xl rats without a problem. My biggest snake (a little over 8 ft.) will take 2-3 xl rats (depending on how many I want to give her)every two weeks, I don't like rabbits because a. they're expensive and b. sometimes gives them the runs. Just remember, although they will grow faster, It's not healthy to power feed them.

Talk to you later,
Tony