Food size

[Reptile King]

I went to my local pet store yesterday to purchase food for my newly acquired super pastel and they recommended I offer a hopper mouse. The hopper was was consumed without hesitation but I think it was perhaps too small for my snake. Perhaps a full grown mouse? Thoughts?


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[Soord]

Get a rat that is as big as the snake is in diameter

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[chrid16371]

Get a rat that is as big as the snake is in diameter

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Exactly this ^^^ you can also go by weight and feed 10%-15% of your snakes body weight which is easier to do with frozen feeders since they are usually labeled with there weight, at least at my local pet stores. Feeding a rodent as large as the largest part of your snake is easier than carrying a scale around with you but I've done it plenty of times haha. Your snake looks like it can take bigger than a mouse hopper, at least from the pic. Do you know what type and size it was eating before you bought it? Also do you know if it was being fed frozen/thawed, pre killed, or live? I would go for rats though since they come in bigger sizes than mice so you can always feed one rodent a meal instead of 3 or more once it's older. Also if your feeding mice and it was already on rats then it could be hard to get it back on rats.

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[Reptile King]

All good questions. The pet store had it for 4 days before I purchased it. At the time I purchased it they didn't know if it was eating live or frozen. The person helping me stated the snake was brought in on his days off. I'll try a larger prey item next week or by the end of this one. As soon as I out the hopper mouse inside the tub I immediately knew it was too small.

I raised my normal from a hatchling and always fed her frozen/thawed prey. It lasted about a year and a half and she quit eating all together. I tried everything. Once I introduced live prey she began eating again.

I offered my new super pastel a live rodent and it was readily accepted. Next time I'm thinking a weaned rat pup.


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[Reptile King]

This may help to see how big around he/she is. I'm guess she or he is about 5-6 months old.


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