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i have a female peruvian redtail boa. she is a year and 5 months. she is currently a little over 4 feet. i have been feeding her 1 small rat every 10 days since june. can i up her meals to 2 small rats or a medium rat every 10 days. also is that a good lenght for a peruvian her age. also if any of you have pics of peruvians or suris i'd love to see.

thanks

Well, I have a pair of 7 month old peruvians, and the breeder made a point...about a dozen times...of not overfeeding, and instructed me to offer a decent sized meal (enough that it makes a lump in them for a 1-3 days)every 3 weeks. They said really though, just keep an eye on the animal. After it deficates, give it a couple days to see whats going on and if nothing more comes out, give it some food. I've tried to stick to the 3 week thing though. There's really no way to rush these animals to breeding size...almost every breeder will tell you a young overweight snake will just throw mostly slugs. So do the 14-21 days thing, keep the animal healthy, and be patient
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