I have some questions about my Longicauda

[Ronda63]

First of all, is she too thin? I have fed her conservatively as I was told that was what to do with them since they are slow growers. However, she is so sleek and slender I thought I would ask and see if I'm feeding her too conservatively.

Second, what size tote should she be in? I know it's hard to tell true size in pictures, but maybe the picture of her in my hand will make a good reference.

Finally, I was under the impression that this is a smaller boa, but someone posted on another site that they have one that is over 11 feet!!! Was I misinformed and they do get this big??? If that's the case then I'm in trouble because I convinced my husband they were on the smaller side and so he begrudgingly gave in. I thought I did ample research before I got her, but now I'm second guessing myself. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

 

[JCCS]

Looks like she's very well-fleshed to me, Ronda. As for size of container, I would think that she would do well with either a blanket box (28 qt) or a 41qt at that size.

Chris

 

[bigdogg]

I would do a 41qt or cb70 and he will be good for life.

 

[bigdogg]

Longicauda usually get 4-6ft in length. All mine have been 4-5ft

 

[Metachrosis]

11 Feet!! LOL would love to see that one

 

[Ronda63]

Thanks so much for the information!! I thought I was correct on the size, but wanted to make sure. You guys are awesome!!

 

[Metachrosis]

How old is that animal ?

 

[Ronda63]

She is just over a year old (I assume you were referring to my girl?). She is fed an appropriately sized rat every 14 days.

 

[Metachrosis]

She looks bigger then my 07 female

 

[Metachrosis]

Do you have a scale to weigh her on ?
Be interesting to know

 

[Ronda63]

She is 200 gm

 

[Metachrosis]

I'll weigh my little one tomarrow and she where she is at

Thanks,

 

[Metachrosis]

DANG!! she is bigger then I thought,
She is an 07 and around 3ft,pretty nice color for near 5 yr old

she is in the bowl

 

[Ronda63]

She is gorgeous!!! Wait, is she 869 or 236 gm?

I love her iridescence. I can't wait until my baby gets her color change.

So what size food do you feed her and how often?

 

[Metachrosis]

236 is the empty weight,869 is loaded/netting 633 grams total mass
She is fed small rat prey every 3-4 weeks
My camera is on its last leg,the pics are washed out pretty good.
In true light her color is much more dense,especially her belly
which is awesome.

 

[Helenthereef]

She's a beauty! (to you both..... )

I am also in favour of not over feeding - I think too many people think that bigger is automatically better. In my opinion a largish food animal once a month should be plenty.

I have a different boa species kept in their natural temperatures with all the annual variations as in the wild. They take fairly small food animals (as I don't have access to large ones) every 2 or 3 weeks in summer, and go off feed every winter for 2 or 3 months.

From this I'd extrapolate that once a month or less is about equivalent to a "feed in summer, starve in winter" cycle.

 

[BrooklynJoe]

beautiful animals where did you all pick them up from. I have been on the prowl for some nice true longicauda with some great lineage behind them.