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I've seen quite a few pics recently of yearling boas and pythons that were huge for their age. They look to be on track to be breedable by about 18-24 months. Isn't this bad for the snake? I thought that if you powerfed them it cut their lifespan and ultimately baby production.

All my snakes are great eaters. I feed them every 7 days. They prey item is the size of their girth. If they are in shed mode they get skipped for that week. I'm just a little worried because the pics I've seen of monster "yearlings" look to be about 2x the size of mine.
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Travis Rose
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I would not worry about it. I too am sometimes amazed at the size of some of these boas out there. I too feed my boas once a week... but so might those other people that have the HUGE boas =) they could just be giving them more than you and I.