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    Eating too much?

    My Donny is about a foot long, born April 2010, and I feed him usually once a week. I feed him the adult size white mouse, which is still pretty small, but he will usually start eyeballing me (or my cat) like he is hungry usually a few days before I feed him, and acting hungry. I wonder if his food is too small, but don't want it to be too big either... Suggestions?

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    Should be as big around as the widest part of his body. If it's smaller than that, may be time to try to move up to crawler rats.
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    Re: Eating too much?

    I appreciate it. I just fed him two days ago and he is tracking my hand and stuff. Haha. Hrm...

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    I feed my hatchlings every 5 days for at least the first year. They appear to appreciate it, lol.
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    Re: Eating too much?

    When they are that young you can feed more then once every 7 days. I personally try to aim for 4-5 days, but you can also watch the "food lump", when the food lump goes away, wait a day or two after then you can feed again.

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