brought my first BP home almost a month ago (October 23rdish), she had been brought to the reptile shop (locally owned and specialized) from the breeders on October 1 with one f/t feed and had not eaten since then (nor had any others from that hatch). Let her get comfy in her new home and tried various methods of F/T food for a few weeks with still no luck. Last Thursday I got ahold of a live pinky and threw it in her tank, she struck within a minute and it was gone within ten, yay!
So I guess because she has only had a two meals, about a month and a half apart, I'm looking for advice on how to get her on a regular feeding schedule, but I only have access to live feeders once a week, I'm in a fairly remote area and the store that gets them shipped in isn't in the interest of keeping them alive longer than it takes to do their feeds. My BP is about 20" long, I don't have access to weigh her but she's a fairly good size as far as I've compared to other pictures. I'd like to feed her every 4-5 days but like I said I can only get feeders on Thursday, so I guess my question is if anyone has any advice on how to keep the second pinkie alive, or how long I would need to do so for. Can I feed my BP two pinkies in one go to keep her healthy, or wait two days, or stick to feeding every 4-5, or is she okay for one feeding once a week? Or could she probably handle a fuzzie once a week instead? Any advice on a feeding schedule, or keeping the second rat pinkie alive, is appreciated
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