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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Strawb[/i] [br]Hello everyone, I haven't been on the forum for about a year what with work, family and various other distractions, but my royal Tia is about 1 metre long and weighs just over a kilo. I am now also the owner of a 6 month old Nicaraguan BCI. It's had its first feed ( one 20g rat pup) but to me still seems a bit on the light side. It is about 60cm long and weighs 150g. Now Blackecho made a really useful chart regarding royal python weight by age. He also was very helpful by telling us that feeding the royal with a rat that weighs between 10 and 15% of the snakes weight. My questions are as follows. Does such a chart exist for BCI's? Yes I know they vary greatly depending on geographical location, and you can control their size depending on the feeding regime you apply, but surely a rough guide must be possible for the first two years of the boas life? Also, does the 10-15% rule apply to boas? All the best, Dave [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.