I know Clay and several people highly recommend Pre-Killed or Frozen/Thawed Rats as the food for Boas.
My preferences are live or freshly Pre-Killed rats. I repeat MY PREFERENCE. If you like frozen/thawed thats fine
My Ball Python I feed freshly Pre-Killed rodents, which I pre-kill myself. But I only feed it pre-killed simply because my Ball Python isn't a very accurate striker so she gets pre-killed for her own safety.
However I feed my Columbian BCI live.
And before I go any further I am in no way recommending someone to feed live food to their snake. Not all snakes do well with live food and as a result some snakes end up hurt or worse.
Now with that said, back to what I was saying.
My Columbian BCI named Rocky is 30 inches long as of the end of last month and 7 and 1/2 months old. Rocky was being fed live prey when I aquired Rocky in February of this year.
The only reason I have continued to feed Rocky live prey is because Rocky doesn't waste time when it comes to eating. So as soon as that rats head is in striking distance Rocky has the rat coiled up and begins the constricting process. Rocky hasn't yet missed on a strike attempt. Rocky has even caught a rat as it was falling. Now I have no problem switching Rocky to freshly Pre-Killed prey, its just that right now I don't see a need to do so. Rocky has the prey coiled up in 20-30 second. So obviously the prey isn't in there long enuff to even know there is a snake in the enclosure let alone do any damage.
However If the time ever arises that I need to feed Rocky freshly Pre-Killed prey I would like some suggestions on the best way to Pre-Kill a Jumbo sized rat, because that is probably the food Rocky will be eating once Rocky is full grown.
My preferences are live or freshly Pre-Killed rats. I repeat MY PREFERENCE. If you like frozen/thawed thats fine
My Ball Python I feed freshly Pre-Killed rodents, which I pre-kill myself. But I only feed it pre-killed simply because my Ball Python isn't a very accurate striker so she gets pre-killed for her own safety.
However I feed my Columbian BCI live.
And before I go any further I am in no way recommending someone to feed live food to their snake. Not all snakes do well with live food and as a result some snakes end up hurt or worse.
Now with that said, back to what I was saying.
My Columbian BCI named Rocky is 30 inches long as of the end of last month and 7 and 1/2 months old. Rocky was being fed live prey when I aquired Rocky in February of this year.
The only reason I have continued to feed Rocky live prey is because Rocky doesn't waste time when it comes to eating. So as soon as that rats head is in striking distance Rocky has the rat coiled up and begins the constricting process. Rocky hasn't yet missed on a strike attempt. Rocky has even caught a rat as it was falling. Now I have no problem switching Rocky to freshly Pre-Killed prey, its just that right now I don't see a need to do so. Rocky has the prey coiled up in 20-30 second. So obviously the prey isn't in there long enuff to even know there is a snake in the enclosure let alone do any damage.
However If the time ever arises that I need to feed Rocky freshly Pre-Killed prey I would like some suggestions on the best way to Pre-Kill a Jumbo sized rat, because that is probably the food Rocky will be eating once Rocky is full grown.
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