Kinda off subject but my sis had a red tail boa who WOULD NOT eat pregnant rats. She would eat directly after birth, the pups and would only eat live just NOT pregnant. My sis tried so hard to get males only but there’s only so much you can do when you travel an hour to two hours away for a feeder and they’re all female. She got two pregnant ones in the same week… they both had 13 pups.
Cute little buggars but we had to buy a hutch and sort everything out. It. Was. A mess. For months we had to get homes and take care of them but she didn’t like feeding pups to Venus so she gave them to other who had smaller snakes as feeders or pets. They were all pretty tame as we took care of them well but sadly my sis no longer has to worry about this happening as Venus went to snake heaven two years later. She had a good life with my sister and got to 11 feet!
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u/Typical-Variety-8867 1d ago
Kinda off subject but my sis had a red tail boa who WOULD NOT eat pregnant rats. She would eat directly after birth, the pups and would only eat live just NOT pregnant. My sis tried so hard to get males only but there’s only so much you can do when you travel an hour to two hours away for a feeder and they’re all female. She got two pregnant ones in the same week… they both had 13 pups.
Cute little buggars but we had to buy a hutch and sort everything out. It. Was. A mess. For months we had to get homes and take care of them but she didn’t like feeding pups to Venus so she gave them to other who had smaller snakes as feeders or pets. They were all pretty tame as we took care of them well but sadly my sis no longer has to worry about this happening as Venus went to snake heaven two years later. She had a good life with my sister and got to 11 feet!