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    Question What and how much to feed

    Hi right now i have 2 Bps a growing collection to be a pastel and a normal for right now. my normal female is about 2 feet long im not sure fo the weight i can post a pic to help you guys out but im feeding her small adult mice right now, i tryed a rat idk if it was to big but she wont take it , should i up it to 2 adult mice or stick to one im feeding her once every 5 days heres a pic of mouse size and snake

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    Re: What and how much to feed

    You will probably have to use scenting over to get her onto rats. I think an adult mouse every 5 days is probably sufficient, but it won't be for too much longer. We can't tell how big the mouse is in the photo because there is nothing to scale it by.
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    Re: What and how much to feed

    my ball is abt the same size as yours. 2ft and weigh 900g. im feeding her 4 mice every 5-6 days.

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    Re: What and how much to feed

    Yeah, a normal size rat is a little too big for a 2 foot snake, but it also could be that she's one of the picky ones who doesn't want to switch from mice to rats. She looks like a good weight from the picture, so I would just stay with the one mouse every 5 days for now.
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    Re: What and how much to feed

    May take some work but getting her on rats will be a good idea.... easier for the snake to take 1 food item plus 1 big rat is way cheaper than 4 mice..... I love my frozen thawed rat eaters the best

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    Re: What and how much to feed

    Quote Originally Posted by jjmitchell View Post
    May take some work but getting her on rats will be a good idea.... easier for the snake to take 1 food item plus 1 big rat is way cheaper than 4 mice..... I love my frozen thawed rat eaters the best
    i have no choice. rats is ban in my city. and to get rats is much too expensive than mice.

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