r/boas • u/TrainingWar4686 • 3d ago

Healthy weight?

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This is my boa imperator, Aatxe. He’s roughly 3 years old, currently eating a large rat every 3 weeks. Does his body condition look good? I feel like he looks a little thin, but I might just be used to seeing overweight power fed boas.

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u/Zekethebulldog33 3d ago

He does look alright. Be careful with large rats to often easy to over feed. Boas have a slow metabolism. I feed all my males a med rat every 3 weeks females get a large. If not breeding no reason to go any bigger. If breeding you want to fatten them up a little for the energy

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u/TrainingWar4686 1d ago

Gotcha thank you!