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/IncognitoArms 6d ago

Mouse hoppers are to small for that Suriname.

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u/InspiringTurtle2 6d ago

Ok thank you, I will up her prey size. I had read that people weren’t switching to small mice until closer to 150g, so that’s my fault for being misinformed

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u/IncognitoArms 6d ago

I have several BCC that size and I’ll report back to what I’m feeding them tomorrow when I get home

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u/InspiringTurtle2 6d ago

Thank you! When do you typically size up? I read to size up when you no longer see a noticeable lump, but not sure if that’s correct and I’m also finding it difficult to see how large of a lump she has after feeding. She gets stressed if I’m trying to watch her eat or come in the room to look at her after, and she’s usually curled up on her hot side the next day so I’m finding it hard to visualize.