When to feed next?

[PythonBabes]

Karma is on small mice right now, she'll be be switched to rat pups when all of the mice are gone. I've been feeding her one every 5 days. I gave her two today and she ate both of them.

How many days should I wait to feed her again?

[Holly_Berry]

The general timeline is to wait 5-7 days for younger snakes, but more along the lines of 7-14 days for an adult. Typically for my little guy, I wait until he poops and feed the next night. It's usually right after six days if you're already at five days, and you're moving to a bigger size, It would seem to give the snake one more day to properly digest.

[chrid16371]

What's her weight? If the 2 mice are around around 15% or less than sticking to 5 days will be fine. If it was a larger meal I would hold off for 7 days. I stuck to 5 days when I started feeding my killer bee 2 large mice only bc I ordered rats and knew she may refuse and wanted to make sure she had the calories in her, luckily she ate the first rat offered and has ever since. You may want to keep to 5 days as long as the meal wasn't to big just in cause your snake refuses rats, some are easy to switch and some take tough love. It's good your switching to rats now, easier with younger snakes than older snakes I hear.

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