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Originally Posted by Stargazer
The only thing that is confusing is the slightly undersized prey thing. My Guyanan is so skinny that an undersized prey will never put any weight on him.
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How old and how big is he?
I have a
Suriname that I never post pictures of because he's very thin. Not unhealthy.. just skinny. His brother is so much thicker, even though they were originally fed on the same schedule. His fecals have been tested, and he eats like a champ. He's catching up a little more now that I'm feeding him differently.
He's about 36-38", and almost 2 years old. He's held down every meal he's ever taken, so I'm feeding him on a faster-paced schedule. 1 rat, the same size as his girth, every 5-6 days. He digests really quickly and poops every 8-9 days like clockwork, so that tells me he's not being over-fed.
I think sometimes certain boas have faster metabolisms, and *once established* it's ok to feed them a bit more than average, to keep them growing at a healthy pace.
