She took a 100 gram rat like it was an appetizer...

[adamsky27]

I picked up a 1604 gram normal female a week ago at a local show. I bought some medium f/t rats while I was there for her. I couldn't wait until tomorrow to try to feed, so I went ahead and fed tonight. The girl took a 100 gram f/t rat no problem. When she was done I couldn't even tell that she had eaten and she was roaming the enclosure like she was looking for more. Normally I can see the "bulge" after my snakes feed, I could not see this on her.

Do I need to bump up in size? If so, what do you all recommend?

[llovelace]

nothing larger than 120g, weekly is sufficient

[TheAnalogue]

you could probably feed a ball python that size a rat that weighed 240 grams. They can eat food items 15% of their body weight

[Simplex]

My girls are 1800 and eat 1 100ish gram rat every 5 days.

[adamsky27]

Thank you for the answers. I will go ahead and keep her on that size.

[adamsky27]

So she weighed 1604 grams when I brought her home. When she was in her enclosure I noticed that she was drinking a LOT of water. I wondered if she didn't have enough before. The second day that I had her she defecated and let me tell you, it was a big one (lol). Anyways, I weighed her today and shes up to 1906 grams. I fed her a 100 gram rat the other day (hence the thread).

I was thinking. A 1600 gram snake, a 100 gram rat. Where did the other 200 grams come from? Water?

[szynk.reptiles]

ive had 1800-2000gram females eat 250-300g rats before... but u def wanna give them a good gap between next feeding...