Question about hopper size

[Ldag32]

Got advice regarding feeding size for young BP's and to use 15% of body weight as a general guide.

So I weighed the last batch of Frozen hoppers that I bought and on average they are around 11grams. These seem way too small!

My two BP's are 86 and 111 grams respectively.....so they should be eating 12.9gram and 16.65gram mice.

Should I be feeding 2 hoppers or increase size of mouse??

[Daybreaker]

I'd feed more per feeding to use up the rest of your bag then order larger feeders.

[NormanSnake]

I'd feed more per feeding to use up the rest of your bag then order larger feeders.

x2 no need to waste

[Ldag32]

And you don't think that's too much?? Two 11gram hoppers for the 86 and 111grm BP's?

[Daybreaker]

And you don't think that's too much?? Two 11gram hoppers for the 86 and 111grm BP's?

Nope, they can handle surprisingly big meals. You can still do one per feeding though if you like, they won't starve on one per feeding. Or feed more frequent, I do every 5 days for the little ones.

[NormanSnake]

I'd stick with one for the smaller bp until it gets a little bigger and two for the larger bp

[Aes_Sidhe]

Is 10-15 percent so your 11g hoppers are on point in my opinion... instead giving them 2 hoppers on one meal every 7 days I will go one every 5 days...

[Sita]

The general guideline I always come across is 10-15% of body weight once a week, so that size is just fine. Once you use up the bag, you'll probably need bigger ones, and at that point you could probably get rat fuzzies to try to get them switched over earlier.