ate  shed  defecate  special  sick  other     link       I     - changes              Boa Page - top      April 2003 April 25/2003 - arrives to his new home at my place, length: 29 inches ( 74 cm ), weight: about 9.7 oz. ( 275 grams), captive bread, perhabs about 4 months old April 27/2003 - poo April 28/2003 - ate 1 mouse, seemed kind of looking for more and did not look as bulky as the python, next time I will try to give him 2 mice - at 2.5 feet I am sure two is what he needs April 28/2003 - moved to a new place, set up the tank - put some more barch to increase humidity, undertank heater and overhead 75 Watts. He was very curious all the time - contrary to the ball python who ate two mice and just dozed off, as usual... what a slob, lol, I love him ! - and I love my boa too... at first all my feelings were with my ball python simply because he was my first snake, but I can see how special and intelligent the boa is. A real character - different from the ball, but what a 'person' ! Intelligent and sharp, curious - extremely. We gonna be real buddies, lol! May 2003 May 03/2003 - ate 2 mice May 10/2003 - ate 2 mice - quick May 11/2003 - pre-shed mode, eyes and the body a bit cloudy, should shed within nex week - it would be his first shedding at my place May 16/2003 - shed for the first time May 20/2003 - ate 2 mice May 26/2003 - ate 2 mice May 30/2003 - poo - seems did after one month, which is seldom, but then I've heard many do it at this rate and I shouldn't worry. I am also not sure - maybe he did one in tje meantime but I haven't noticed it with all the pieces of wood etc. in the cage. June 1st/2003 - ate 2 mice June 3rd/2003 - poo June 5th/2003 - found another poo, perhabs the other one was something I missed June 7th/2003 - ate 2 mice, large ones May 12/2003 - pre-shed mode, eyes and the body a bit cloudy, I was wondering about this weekends feeding but it went very very smooth June 14th/2003 - ate 2 mice; it was much smoother and quicker than before - I wonder if he's 'getting used to' new place takes actually longer than what 'they say'.. ; I had doubts if he will eat or not because his eys were already a bit cloudy, but as I said everything went smooth and even nicer than before; the ball python came a bit smaller than the boa which took about 6 months and 44 mice to switch it to rats, I am wondering how long will the boa to become the same size as the ball, which is getting a bit impressive; boa is still a small snake - I can't wait to see him this big! June 20/2003 - shed the second time June 21/2003 - ate 1 rat - his first one! It was medium in size June 25/2003 - ate 1 rat - medium but pretty large - it was for the ball python which just shed and did not eat last weekend, but somehow did not go for it at all. The boa - went for it in 2 seconds, first was a miss, but took it very quickly right after this with a second strike. May 30/2003 - poo - huuuge!!! Ate 2 rats in a week and this is the first one I think. Comparing with what mice - wow! Here is a pic. June 29/2003 - ate 1 rat - I was going to not feed it since he ate on Wednesday, but since the python showed no interest I had to do something... he went for it in no time - what a pig! Haha! July 05/2003 - ate 1 rat July 09/2003 - offered him one more rat but refused - eyes getting cloudy and ready to shed July 11/2003 - looks normal again, the skin getting rough - I think he might go into shed within day or two July 12/2003 - shed - third time, looks wonderful, nice colors! July 13/2003 - poo, another monster July 13/2003 - ate 1 rat, searched and went for it very actively and quickly, amazing July 17/2003 - ate 1 rat July 28/2003 - ate 1 rat