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View Poll Results: When do you start feeding weekly instead of every four days?

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  • As hatchlings (weekly from the start)

    3 18.75%
  • At ~100g

    1 6.25%
  • At ~200g

    2 12.50%
  • At ~300g

    0 0%
  • At ~400g

    2 12.50%
  • At ~500g

    3 18.75%
  • Above 500g

    4 25.00%
  • Other (please specify)

    1 6.25%
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    Question Evolving Feeding Schedule

    My two oldest girls just passed the 400g mark and will be graduating from big weaned rats to small rats as soon as my frozen delivery arrives this week. Man, they grow like weeds! Since I've had them, they've been on the recommended every four days feeding schedule for young BPs and loving every minute of it.

    At what point in their growth do you back them down to weekly feedings?

    Thank you for your insight in advance!

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    For me it depends on the snake, but most seem to be in the 400-600 gram range. I voted 500 grams since it's in the middle of my range.
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    Re: Evolving Feeding Schedule

    Quote Originally Posted by The Serpent Merchant View Post
    For me it depends on the snake, but most seem to be in the 400-600 gram range. I voted 500 grams since it's in the middle of my range.
    What indicators do you look for that tell you to back off?

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    Re: Evolving Feeding Schedule

    Quote Originally Posted by Eric Alan View Post
    What indicators do you look for that tell you to back off?

    Eric
    Well there are a few things:

    1. When the snake gets big enough that I can feed 1 larger rodent every 8 days. ( I feed every 4 days for young snakes and every 8 for older snakes for simplicities sake)

    2. When the snake starts refusing meals on a 4 day schedule.

    3. How the snake reacts to larger rodents. Basically I go from feeding multiple rat pups to small rats. I've had a few snakes that just didn't go for the small rats so they stayed on the 4 day rat pup feeding schedule longer than some of my other BP's.
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    Evolving Feeding Schedule

    When I switch to small rats, they go on a weekly feeding plan. Most of my snakes switch to smalls in the 500-600g range.

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    Re: Evolving Feeding Schedule

    Dead set to prove these forums right, my oldest girl just refused her first meal outside of a shed. It has been a month since her last shed, so I guess she could be entering a cycle, but her only other refusal was during her first shed with me (first shed ever with any of my girls) when she was opaque. Side note: I've since stopped feeding while they're opaque until they've actually shed. At 434g empty right now, it looks like she'll be my first to go on weekly feedings.

    I think I'll pick Sundays for my weeklys - it'll work best with my work schedule.

    Eric
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