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?? 2011 boa's of considerable size difference

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Hi
Can anyone tell me why my 2011's boa's are so different is size?
I have a jungle het,motley het and 2 coral albino's i got this year.
The corals are May babies as is the motley het and the jungle het is a June baby .
The Corals are about 3' and they are between the thickness of a half $ and a silver $.They almost look ready to breed in size.
The motley het and jungle het are still looking small.They are about the thickness on a average guys middle finger,maybe a bit bigger.

I was given feed cards for the corals and they were feed every 9 days.
Not sure how the other 2 were fed.I feed every 7-10 days.
I will be sticking to every 9 days on the corals until they start to breed.
Thanks alot
Rich
 
Tommy is an eccentric guy, you'll just have to get used to him I guess lol. If I had to guess what the comment was about, I think he believes in feeding much less frequent like ever 14 days or even longer between feeding.
 
Thanks Bear.
I feed every 7-10 and being honest,closer to 10.I also skip a meal here and there. I was just wondering if genetics had something to do with it.
The smaller ones came from reputable breeders,so i would think they 2 fed appropriate times and size.
I do feed my adults every 2-3 weeks.My boa's are not fat and have alot of muscle mass
and are still square shaped, which i think is preferable over fat round ones?
There was so much to read on line from so many different sources about proper feeding to weed out.And who knows if i followed the right 1.
I like the feeding i do now and they are healthy.
 
posting from a phone sucks!
"The sad deal" is your excelerating your animals demise
feeding at those rates.
I just cant resist defending animals that cant defend themselves

Eccentric ?
a : deviating from an established or usual pattern or style <eccentric products>
b : deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways <an eccentric millionaire>

:thumbsup:
 
There is a difference between "appropriate" and "accepted"
Understanding the animal as it is designed and feeding whats "accepted"clearly supports the gross negligence of the majority that
are over feeding.
 
All the ads i read are saying i'm within the recommended times.
2/3 weeks for adult and skip a meal here and there.
I have read 1 on line that the guy feed about a dozen rats per year.He says since they are opportunistic feeders that sometimes they dont eat for months.And hea feeds that way.But i never heard of him.
My now adults(early 07's) took until now to get 6.-6.5 ' and 1 at about 7'.
I dont think thats over feeding at all.But i am new.
What is your feeding recommendations from neo up?
 
Hey Rich, here's an awesome thread about feeding schedules:
http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=255782

Not sure if I've given you the link before or not. Here's a quote from another thread that I replied to:
RachelsBoa said:
Right now I'm feeding my 2011s every 2-3 weeks, 2010 and 2009 boas every 4-5 weeks, and 2008 and older every 6-7 weeks. Each meal is one prey item big enough to be visible after eaten but not too big. They are all healthy and doing good!
Click to expand...

And I'm actually feeding a little less since it's winter.


As far as the size difference, that's a pretty big difference! Some boas do just grow at different speeds. I have a 2010 that's the size of my 2011s, a 2008 that's the size of my 2009s, and a 2011 that's the size of my 2010s (I think this one may have been overfed prior to my getting him). But, maybe not, he could just be a fast grower.
 
Hi Rachel
For some reason it seems familiar.Thanks for sending.
I have changed my feeding by a week this year to every 3/4 weeks now.
After talking to a couple people about the size differences,they say same thing Rachel.
Some boa's just grow bigger faster then others.
They are brothers so i wonder if its in the breeders bloodline?
 
Well as for size difference I find when fed on the same schedule "I feed on a 10 to 14 day schedule" some do tend to grow bugger than others and I believe it is genetic dispositions.
Here is a group photo to compare, The boas in the shoot are all 2011's except the El Salvador who is a 2010
The 10' El Salvador is barely bigger than the super hypo het anry sitting with him, She is getting huge in comparison to the others of the same age!
In the mix is a Sonoran, a Hog Island an El Salvador along with 3 morph boas from different breeders and litters
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And in order of size with a comparison object included in the pics,
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Sonoran
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Hog Island
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Paradox anry
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Hypo het albino
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Super hypo het anry
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and finally the 2010 El Salvador
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.
I hope this helps a little, As with people you will get variations with different parents and even variations with in the same clutch of babies from the same parents.
 
Thank you Varnis
I was kinda leaning towards a genetic thing.
when they breed next year i will hold back from a few litters and do some comparisons
with them and some others i produce.
Best of luck to you this year..
 
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