Boas

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No. All snakes are carnivores.

No. As with all snakes young boas take care of themselves.

A group of snakes is called a nest

Nope - Eukaryotes are single-celled organisms. Snakes are multi-cellular.

Yes, they can. Do not try it!

Yes, as long as the tank is big enough, has a good temperature gradient, separate areas, hides, branches, levels, pond etc. and the snakes are conditioned to eat different feed. I have kept a 16ft Burm and a 6ft Boa in a 13ft x 13ft x 8 ft custom tank for 7yrs along with a Brazilian and Columbian boa. They all have their own preferred spot, but hang out together (all curled on top of each other) from time to time. The myth about snakes eating other snakes is rubbish, my small boas eat chicks and mice, the BC eats rats and the BP eats rabbits, and goats, feed the biggest first then work your way down.

I would not recommend keeping them in a small off the shelve viv even the biggest, as you are not going to achieve the temp gradients that you need. Go to a cave in South America or south East Asia; you will see more than one species hanging out in it.

No, for one the Burmese is going to be much bigger than your boa. Another is boas carry diseases that do not affect them and are deadly to pythons. Such as IBD, although it can on occasion affect a boid.

ONLY if the location of the vivarium isn't going to get too cold ! If you can't maintain the normal night-time temperature range - use a heat-pad. That way the snake will still get some heat - but there'll be no light (as would happen normally at night !)

Most adults can grow up to 6 feet in length.

It is good for a baby to eat every week and sub adults to adults to eat every two weeks some adults will only eat once a month, snakes can live a long time without food my dAd found one that had escaped six months later still alive. Though that doesn't mean you should risk it, I would never let your snakes go more than a month without eating to keep them healthy

Boas are excellent climbers - enabling them to scale even the tallest trees in search of their prey. They also blend in well to their surroundings - so they often lie in wait on the forest floor and 'ambush' animals that wander too close !

They use there squezzing power!!

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Boas protect themselves by a painful (yet harmless) bite. They usually use a 'threat posture' rearing up and forming their body into an 'S' shape in readiness to strike. I speak from experience - having been bitten a few times by Boas !

They squeeze them to death and then swallow them whole.

Yes they do, but not very often as they get most of their moisture requirements from their prey.

emergent

they are very strong and can swallow a large rat whole

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how does aemerald tree boa protect itself..........................................................?

The boa constrictor will eat crocs. The boa will not win the fight. caimann ripp throoo boas skin

males can be 7 to 8 feet and females normally grow to around 12 to15 feet and can weight more than 50 pounds.

The rubber Boa feeds on small mammals and rodents such as shrews, mice and voles. I have included a link to the Wikipedia entry for you to see more information on the species.

Darth Vader 9 - This answer is RUBBISH ! "nothing because it is rubber. Rubber things cant be alive and only things that are alive eat." Do some RESEARCH before answering questions !

Do Boa Constrictors measure prey?

The average in captivity is around 30 years - but there have been (unsubstantiated) reports of specimens up to 40 years.

The brown tree snake is found in woodlands, rainforests and open rocky outcrops. It often takes shelter in hollow trees, caves and in rock crevices. It occurs over much of coastal eastern and northern Australia from the Sydney area to the Kimberleys in Western Australia. It is also found in Guam where it was accidentally introduced .