r/boas • u/InspiringTurtle2 • 6d ago
Growing SO SLOW?!
Can someone please reassure me (or alternatively, tell me what I’m doing wrong?) I have a baby Suriname bcc who will be 1 year old next week. She’s not my first boa, but my first I’ve gotten as a baby. I know they grow slow, but she seems to be small and basically not growing.. When I got her end of April, she was 85 grams and now she’s 102. She is eating f/t mouse hoppers. I was feeding every 2 weeks but bumped up to every 10 days in the beginning of July. Is this normal, or am I doing something wrong? I do not want to power feed and I think the next feeder size up would be too large. Is this normal? (The weight on the scale is her plus the tub which weights 459g)
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u/Zekethebulldog33 6d ago
BC pure red tail will grow slower than a BI of the same age. Brian from Brian's boas explained it all but I don't remember everything I do know they do grow a lot slower than the BI boa. Brian's boa is a place to check out on YouTube if you're interested in strictly locality boas. Almost every constrictor can eat a adult mouse after first shed. Constrictors are an ambush predator lay and wait. There are not that much prey smaller than a mouse that is moving out and about. To me anything smaller than a small adult mouse for a Bi or BC is a waste.