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Hmmm, ok here ya go.
This is a breeding female:
1) 7ft.
2) Depending on availability :2 jumbo rats every 14 days or 1 2lb. rabbit every 21 days
3) Uh, I already did that. LOL!
4) There is not any special circumstances that would require more food since there is no substitute for proper feeding to maintain the required breeding weight.
Now for a male:
1) 7.5ft.
2) 2 jumbo rats
3) every 3 weeks
4) This is too keep him from getting too fat. Males don't need the reserves that females do so it is to your best interest to keep an eye on your males diet and not let him get over weight.
These schedules are for adult snakes that have slowed their growth rate to a crawl. For younger snakes that are still in their growth spurt stages I would drop both sexes down to every 10 days on rats.
And this "getting a baby ready to breed ASAP" stuff is BS. Size and weight do play a role in being ready to breed, but it is not now or ever will be a substitute for maturity. I don't care if your boa weighs 30 lbs but is only 2.5 years old, it is still too young to breed. 3 years is the bare minimum for breeding boas and although it CAN be done, it will only serve to give you small unhealthy litters(usually) and put undue stress on the snake that will shorten it's life, breeding career and can also cause health problems since it has not had time to build up the proper reserves to carry it through the gestation period.
Ok, that should do it.
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