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Below there was a conversation about some power feed animals. I myself have never done what I consider power feeding nor do I agree with it. If I have some females I plan on breeding two years in a row Ill feed them rather heavy after dropping a litter but slow their feeding as they get their weight back. I dont consider that power feeding what I do is taking a 3 month old boa and feeding it 3 adult mice every 4 to 5 days or taking a 3 or 4ft boa and feeding it 2 or 3 adult rats ever 3 days. For the sake of this debate I would like to start if you power feed please refer to yourself in the third person I am not looking to start and whitch hunt.

But what I would like to know is if you have or know of someone who has pawer feed there animals how old are they? how long have they been power feed and what kind of shape are they in? breeding wise do they produce live healthy young or have they thrown large ratios of slugs and stills? Because the thing I have always wondered(as I said I dont agree with it) is the powerfeed animals you hear of dieing at 3 or 4yrs of age, did these animals die specically because of being power feed? Or were they genetically weak animals that would have died of a minor case of RI or something minor any way? The simple fact of the matter is not all boas are meant to make it. Not all are as strong as others, in the wild mabye what 2 or 3 out of 40 will live? Not all 38 fell prey to predators some died just because they were weak. So when it comes to power feeding the ones that die do these animals die because they are the weak ones or is it a result of the feeding?
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I think it could be one resulting in the other. I don't think powerfeeding will make a boa stronger. When I use to feed my boas on a once a weak schedule, I found them to be weaker and more susceptible to RI. I just don't think there bodies are set up to process food that quickly on a regular basis.

"When I use to feed my boas on a once a weak schedule, I found them to be weaker and more susceptible to RI. I just don't think there bodies are set up to process food that quickly on a regular basis." -

I COULDN'T AGREE MORE... I FEED MY ALBINO BURM WEEKLY & MY BOA BI-WEEKLY... JUST SEEMS THE BURM PROCESSES FOOD SOOO MUCH QUICKER.... MY BOA IS & HAS ALWAYS BEEN A VORACIOUS EATER!! BUT IT DEFINETLY TAKES HER MORE THAN A WEEK TO DIGEST HER MEAL & CHILL A DAY OR 2 BEFORE EATING AGAIN... RIGHT NOW SHE IS EATING 3 LARGE RATS EVERY OTHER WEEK & IS GROWIN ALOT IN THE LAST 3 MONTHS...

SEAN

Powerfeeding to me is just a ego trip for the snake owner,or just a fast way to make a turnover on investements.My adult guyana's are fed every 2 to 3 weeks 2 meduim to large rats.All my snakes turned 4 this year and the females are 6 1/2 to 7 feet long,active,healthy,and problem free.They are not fat lazy blobs nor are they skinny weaklings.Some of the classified adds really piss me off.Buy this 50 het male and feed him right and he will be able to breed for you a year and a half and double your money.I wouldnt buy goldfish from idiots that think like that....Paul.