My 3 year old sunglow girl is about 5' and my 4+ year old normal girl is 6-7' probably pushing towards the 7'. But every snake is going to be a bit different but there will still be averages. My 1 year old guy is about 30" and eating adult mice every week. My sunglow was 3.5' at like 1.5-2 years old. Your boa will grow, but let it grow at its own pace.Įven if your snake may be a little larger than average now, you can still keep your snake healthy by making adjustments in feeding.ĭang, 3.5' for a 10 month old is huge lol. Vincent Russo wrote THE COMPLETE BOA CONSTRICTOR, it is a book I highly recommend. Seasonality, which includes light changes, temp changes, feeding frequency and other subtle habitat change is the key to long term success. What you should take away from the above is this.įeed a boa like it eats in the wild. There are specimens that can hit 10-11 feet and weigh 80 plus pounds. Impressive, handleable and not overly imposing. Pokigron, Suriname boas tend to be a smaller locality than the Basin Guyana and Suriname BCC.Ī nice 6-7 foot boa is a lot of snake. If you want to own something that will ultimately end up on the bigger end in the boa world, a BCC with Peruvian or Amazon basin roots will generally get there. There should never be a rush to create a large snake of any type. The focus of any passionate boa keeper should be on health and longevity VS size.Ī healthy, long lived boa will grow to a respectful size as it ages. In nature they eat infrequently and have evolved over millions of years to be able to sustain themselves on very little food.īoas in captivity that are fed large quantities of high fat, captive raised prey will almost always grow quickly and die early. I would consider a big boa to be 8 feet and over.īoas are supposed to grow slow. There is mixing in captivity and also natural intergrades that have both BCI and BCC traits. Many BCI "common" boas are not common at all. It has been found, GENERALLY that BCC boas tend to be larger as adults than the other boas. In the wild the largest boas are the oldest boas. I wrote this response a few days ago, and though its not directly related to your question, it echoes what Absolutely April said here.Įverything is really a snake to snake situation. Many things have been covered by very knowledgeable people in the past, and obviously there are qualified folks here now as well. OP I suggest looking at past threads for many answers you may seek.
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