<TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=85%><TR><TD><font class="pn-sub">Quote:</font><HR></TD></TR><TR><TD><FONT class="pn-sub"><BLOCKQUOTE> Just as a point here, there is nothing wrong with feeding a boa every 3-4 weeks. Older animals do not require the amount of food that younger animals do (their metabolism slows as they age). Overfeeding can cause obesity and health problems. </BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD><HR></TD></TR></TABLE>
Sorry but I tend to disagree with the context in the way you have set it forth here a bit. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_confused.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_confused.gif[/img]
While it is best to NOT overfeed aka power feeding, just the same is true on the opposite spectrum of the scale also by underfeeding, as both would relate to a snake's overall health status from it's feeding regime. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img]
If you feed a snake every 3-4 weeks at a young age..
You are starving it is all !
If you feed a snake such as a BOA at 5' length and 6 years of age consistantly..
You are underfeeding it [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_confused.gif[/img]
YES I do agree that their metabolism does slow down as they mature, BUT what you are infering here in relation to such is out of the realm of relation to such. A feeding schedule of like every 10-14 days for the older referencing would be more suitable in feeding such a BOA. Doing such would
NOT lead to overfeeding nor would it lead to underfeeding.
<TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=85%><TR><TD><font class="pn-sub">Quote:</font><HR></TD></TR><TR><TD><FONT class="pn-sub"><BLOCKQUOTE> As long as an animal has good body weight and good muscle tone, fewer feedings are still healthy.
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YEAH??? Well to keep feeding like you suggest being done and the snake no longer would be healthy with good body weight and/or muscle tone either. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img]
Just my .02 from experience I have had over the years in relation to rehabs that were health jeopardized from their feeding regimes.
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