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She is a Jeremy Stone het Albino.

Do you guys think she will grow to normal size, 7-9 ft?

Luis

I would say why not? she is only 5 yrs old and to reach 7 ft she only has to grow another 2 1/2 feet.

Is she in a big enough tank?? The bigger the tank, the quicker and bigger she'll grow with regular feedings. I could be totally wrong, so don't everyone jump down my throat if I am please, but I thought that boas grow their entire lives. I know they shed their whole lives, but I was under the impression that they are born, grow really quickly for a few years, then slow down when they reach adulthood.
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Some of it depends on your feeding routine ( much of it). Though I'm not into heavy feedings, I try to get my females around 6' by their 4th or 5th year - but I also have one on her 4th year that's just passing the 5 ft mark, and not due to her feeding regemine.
Are you certain that it's a female? Males can tend to not get as large, and there are plenty of mis-sexed snakes being sold, at least to my good friend ...lol. He's received so many males that were sold to him as females.
They do start slowing down after the first couple of years also.
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I personally try for 7-8 ft at 3.5 to 4.5 years old before I even consider an attempt to breed. I did not raise these female But, I am considering gettting her into my collection.

12 or 14 slugs a few weeks ago... There is no question that she is female.

I know she is mature. But, she is just too small for her age. Even just having slugs she looks so thin, I think if she had have live babies she would have probably die...

I know Boas tend to grow faster when they are young.

Now my questions are:

1.- Knowing she is a 5 year old Boa will she still catch up and grow quickly with appropiate feeding?

2.- At this point even with regular feedings, will she take years, and years, and years to archive full size potential?

3.- I know it is probably unreasonable to expect this animal to grow 2.5 to 3.5 ft and grain 15 to 20 pounds in a year. Maybe 2 years?

In my opinion it will be a long, long while for me to see her having 20-30 healthy babies from her. This is a hard desition...

Luis