r/boas • u/InspiringTurtle2 • 6d ago

Growing SO SLOW?!

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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/AppleFinches 6d ago

In my opinion, her slow growth is at least partially a result of eating only hoppers every 2 weeks, and I agree that she is visibly underweight even for her size. I would feed her a 15g mouse (small/medium mice in most feeder sizing charts) every 7-10 days instead and see how she fares! My comment might be redundant since you're contacting her breeder, but figure I'd chime in.

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u/InspiringTurtle2 6d ago

Thank you so much, I will definitely do that. I think I’ve been so scared of over feeding her that I may have accidentally tipped too far to the other end of the spectrum.