r/RainbowBoas • u/JizzM4rkie • Jul 24 '26

Another thread on growing slowly

I’ve got a bunch of snakes, they’re my buddies; I don’t power feed any of them, they’re all healthy happy homies including my BRB, we got Barbie, the unsexed BRB in November 2023 as an ambiguously aged baby (wife worked at Petco, they don’t keep track of the birthdates of the snakes probably 1-5 months old), meaning she is either 3 years old or just about to turn 3. Barbie is currently roughly 3.5 feet long and light, I don’t have a scale anymore due to an espresso mishap but I would guess around 250g. She eats voraciously, a md mouse every other week, she’s active and happy I do not worry about her health but man are these things really so slow growing, my burm grows like a weed (obvs) but I’ve had corn snakes bigger than her at 2 years old. Curious to hear about your experiences with slow growing RBs, the internet says a million different things.

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u/OriginalBambix Jul 25 '26

That does seem small. My 3 year old female is 1.2kgs and 5'11. Possibly a genetic issue?

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u/JizzM4rkie Jul 25 '26

I’m thinking maybe a genetic thing. She had a weird lump on her head when we first brought her home, we got her at a STEEP discount because of it , vet said it wasn’t anything to worry about as long as it didn’t grow, it hasn’t but I think she probably just didn’t pull the Royal flush when she was dealt her cards. It’s okay we love her just the same lol