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    Feeding question

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    What is your question?

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    Re: Feeding question

    Quote Originally Posted by Kjewell89 View Post
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    1. Live or f/t
    2. rat, mouse or asf
    3. dont put them in a separate tub
    4. try different time of day
    Hope this answered your question
    LOL couldn't resist sorry.

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    Re: Feeding question

    Quote Originally Posted by Greengirl View Post
    What is your question?
    Sorry I started to post and realized I was still in pics hah... It was how to feed multiple mice since, if I go by girth, my bp should be on a small rat but when I tried the rat, he was more afraid of it than it was of him... I ended up only feeding one today and while he normally takes 24hrs to lay in his favorite hide, he was out and about his cage like normal tonight so I'm definitely leaning towards the 2 mice next time...?



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    Re: Feeding question

    Feeding 2 mice at a time isn't a problem, as soon as 1 is down feed the second right after it.

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    Re: Feeding question

    Quote Originally Posted by Kjewell89 View Post
    Sorry I started to post and realized I was still in pics hah... It was how to feed multiple mice since, if I go by girth, my bp should be on a small rat but when I tried the rat, he was more afraid of it than it was of him... I ended up only feeding one today and while he normally takes 24hrs to lay in his favorite hide, he was out and about his cage like normal tonight so I'm definitely leaning towards the 2 mice next time...?



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    I think I may have the same problem, Im scared the mouse is to big, but if you see my other post called feeding question (the same as yours) it might help someone understand my problem. XD

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    I used to be sacred about size of food, especially since I started out with Corns... but noticed my daughters corn would take down two pinkies every time, so I upped it to a fuzzy... It looked like a dog trying to eat a soccer ball... well it did and was happier for it. Obviously don't want to go huge, but increase the size by small margins until it is the "right" size.

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    Re: Feeding question

    Quote Originally Posted by jdhutton2000 View Post
    I used to be sacred about size of food, especially since I started out with Corns... but noticed my daughters corn would take down two pinkies every time, so I upped it to a fuzzy... It looked like a dog trying to eat a soccer ball... well it did and was happier for it. Obviously don't want to go huge, but increase the size by small margins until it is the "right" size.
    I got wingling mice, which are like hoppers, which are about the size of his thicest girth, but maybe slightly bigger, but not a lot. I know he could down it, im starting with the smallest mouse out of the ten I got

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    ...How tiny is this BP? Hatchling BP can handle adult mice and rat pups - for their first meal.

    If you don't already have a scale, get one. Weigh your snake. Weigh the prey you're giving him. Prey should be about 10-15% of his weight.
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    Re: Feeding question

    Quote Originally Posted by CptJack View Post
    ...How tiny is this BP? Hatchling BP can handle adult mice and rat pups - for their first meal.

    If you don't already have a scale, get one. Weigh your snake. Weigh the prey you're giving him. Prey should be about 10-15% of his weight.
    Thanks, I'll be getting a scale this week. He gulped down 2 adult mice today only 4days after his last meal so we will see how much he weighs in a few days.


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