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Rats and mice
Now my new bp Yoshi, I was told eats one live med rat once a week. So
1. Is there any way I can get him on mice or are they just two small?
2. He is 4.5 ft and around three yrs, should he be fed every week?
2.2. bps - 1.0 Mackie - 1.0 savanah monitor - 0.1 Beardie
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Re: Rats and mice
Adult mice aren't too small - small rats are about right (of course one person's "medium" may be another person's "small) - whichever it is it should be right about the same width/girth as the thickest part of your BP
Weekly is what you want to shoot for - a nice predictable consistent schedule is good for BPs.
In the end rats or mice either is fine - whichever works best for your snake to ensure consistent feeding
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Re: Rats and mice
 Originally Posted by Miss_Ann_Thrope
Now my new bp Yoshi, I was told eats one live med rat once a week. So
1. Is there any way I can get him on mice or are they just two small?
2. He is 4.5 ft and around three yrs, should he be fed every week?
At 4.5 feet long he should be on something as big as large rat. I would think. but that depends on his girth.
When you've got 10,000 people trying to do the same thing, why would you want to be number 10,001? ~ Mark Cuban "for the discerning collector"
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Re: Rats and mice
Originally Posted by Freakie_frog
At 4.5 feet long he should be on something as big as large rat. I would think. but that depends on his girth.
NOPE!  Even the large females never need anything bigger than a small rat. I have a big girl that's about 4 feet and she doesn't get anything bigger than a small, small rat. Closer to the breeding season I may give her an extra one here and there, but not on a normal basis. 
Christie 
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Cause when push comes to shove you taste what you're made of
You might bend, till you break cause its all you can take
On your knees you look up decide you've had enough
You get mad you get strong wipe your hands shake it off
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Re: Rats and mice
Well I guess it depends on what you call small and medium. Like my big male eats what the people I buy my rats from call a med. rat and the pied eats a small. So I guess I am looking at it from the size description I am use to. Sorry for the mix up.
When you've got 10,000 people trying to do the same thing, why would you want to be number 10,001? ~ Mark Cuban "for the discerning collector"
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Re: Rats and mice
Around here I can go and buy a large rat and its comparible in size to a small rat from Rodent Pro!! lol A Jumbo rat around here isn't much larger than an XLarge rat from Rodent Pro!!
~Jake~
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Re: Rats and mice
I think a good sizing chart is available at themousefactory.com, who also happens to be a highly recommended feeder supplier by several BP.netters...=)
0.1 ball python (Cleo), 0.1 surinam bcc (Carmen)
1.0 sunglow motley corn (Jenson), 1.0 albino burmese (Lourdes)
1.0 cat (Nicky), some mooses and ratters, 1.0 hubby (Rick)
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Re: Rats and mice
Ok then by that chart I feed odin a weaning and Orpheus an adult
When you've got 10,000 people trying to do the same thing, why would you want to be number 10,001? ~ Mark Cuban "for the discerning collector"
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Re: Rats and mice
Medium rat ~ 100-200 grams
Adult mouse ~ 35-40 grams
math? 2.5-5 mice 
Though I think some people would recommend otherwise.
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Re: Rats and mice
Originally Posted by SnakeySnakeSnake
math? 2.5-5 mice
2.5 mice 
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