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    Question Pros and cons feeding every 5 days or 7days

    Just courious about some thoughts on how often to feed my 6month old bp it's been every 7days since I got him everything is fine I was just thinking of feeding every 5 days.

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    Re: Pros and cons feeding every 5 days or 7days

    I feed my hatchling pastel male every 4 to 5 days. I also feed my male normal that is over 1000 grams and my female that weighs close to 700 grams every 7 days.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ballpythonluvr View Post
    I feed my hatchling pastel male every 4 to 5 days. I also feed my male normal that is over 1000 grams and my female that weighs close to 700 grams every 7 days.
    Does feeding 4-5 days make your snakes grow faster When younger

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    i feed my babies 1 small mice every 3 days growth has been good for me so far just waiting for my rats to drop there babies to switch over to rats from mice

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    Re: Pros and cons feeding every 5 days or 7days

    Quote Originally Posted by Bert Specht View Post
    Does feeding 4-5 days make your snakes grow faster When younger
    I feed every 4-5 days because my snake seems very hungry if I feed him at longer intervals. Snakes do typically grow faster when they are babies.

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    Re: Pros and cons feeding every 5 days or 7days

    Ok cool sounds good I think I will start every 5 day feeding schedule I wanna see grow up already but grow up healthy as well

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    Re: Pros and cons feeding every 5 days or 7days

    My babies are on a twice a week schedule. Monday-Thursday for me. They are growing like weeds. My June Spider is 450g and my end-of-July Het Pieds are in the 250g and 300g. Young ones tend to have faster metabolisms and grow as fast and you can safely feed them. I do 3 day/4 day because it gives them enough time to digest before the next meal.

    My adults are currently every 7 days but I've had some be fasting and lost weight and bumped up their schedule to get them back to weight faster.
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    Re: Pros and cons feeding every 5 days or 7days

    Nice from what has been posted so far I can't see anything negative coming from feeding more often

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    Re: Pros and cons feeding every 5 days or 7days

    Quote Originally Posted by Bert Specht View Post
    Nice from what has been posted so far I can't see anything negative coming from feeding more often
    I spoke with a breeder (Robert Seib) who told me he feeds his hatchlings every 7 days until they are several months old, because feeding too often can cause the liver to become inflamed.
    [Python regius]
    1.0 Black Butter Pinstripe (Amazeballs), 1.0 Pastel Butter Leopard (Thunderbeeper)
    0.1 Spider (Charlotte), 0.1 Leopard (Spot), 0.1 Pastel (Buttercup), Fire Sugar (Abaddon), Crystal (Opalescence)

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    1.0 Hypo 100% Het Leopard/66% Het Albino (Darcy)
    0.1 66% Het Leopard/Albino (Gabby)


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    Re: Pros and cons feeding every 5 days or 7days

    He is 6 months maybe I should wait a month or two?

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