Medium rat too big?

[PorcelainxDoll]

Titan is 965 grams and eats small rats like a.champ. I am thinking about going to meedium rats. Would that be to big for him ir should i give it a shot?

[771subliminal]

rat sizes vary about as much as shrimp sizes one mans jumbo is another mans large.
do like shrimp and look at the weight find a rat in the 90-100 gram range and he will be full but not overstuffed

[decensored]

Hey,

Mediums are perfect for that size of a BP.

Good way to determine proper feeder size is to calculate 10 - 15 % of the BP's body weight.

At 965gram your looking at a feeder between: 96 - 145 grams. which would be a medium rat.

Here is a good size chart for reference (I have it printed off and tapped to the side of one of my racks). LOL

http://media.photobucket.com/image/r...mousesizes.jpg

cheers,
chris.

[PorcelainxDoll]

So since hes been on sm rats could that be why hes not really gaining weight?

Ove only had him 3 weeks.and ive just been feedong what his previous owners were.
But i think hes big enough to go to mediums.

[MisterKyte]

So since hes been on sm rats could that be why hes not really gaining weight?

Ove only had him 3 weeks.and ive just been feedong what his previous owners were.
But i think hes big enough to go to mediums.

Three weeks seems a tad impatient if you ask me (give him a couple of months, that's when you start to really notice the weight gain) but yes, feeding a snake inadequately sized prey will hinder its growth.

[decensored]

Small rats are not grossly too small. but he should be on mediums.

Sometimes all I can get my hands on are small rats so If I have one on mediums I'll give them a small, even though it's smaller than they should have. It's not a big deal.

You wont see much weight gain in 3 weeks anyhow but you should switch him to mediums next feeding.

Cheers,
Chris.

[PorcelainxDoll]

Oh im not impatient lol. I just took him to the vet and they told me he was a little underweight so i was just asking if that could be because es on to small of prey?

[MisterKyte]

How long is he? Generally my rule of thumb is that a BP should have about 500 grams for every foot.

[PorcelainxDoll]

Hes 3 feet long so hes about 500 grams underweight?

[Vypyrz]

I feed my BP rats in the 70-90 gram range, because that is the average size of ASF's, their natural prey.

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