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Re: How fast to up food size?
Live fuzzy mice for a 2 month old ball python seems too little. I would move up to something about 19g or so.
~~ McKinsey~~
"Men have forgotten this truth," said the fox. "But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed."
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Re: How fast to up food size?
I feed my 275gram ball python a 25gram adult mouse every week.
I try to feed a mouse that is 10-15% of the snakes weight, but with mice being so small that and no rats available readily in my area that is kinda of tough.
If you know the weight of your BP that could help get some better advice on what size you should be feeding.
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Re: How fast to up food size?
I will weigh him on Tuesday...I don't want to handle him tomorrow and make him barf
So 10-15% is a good rule of thumb for the BP's entire life or just when they are growing?
Thank you!
Normal '08 BP, Rankin Beardie, Inland Beardie, Fat Tailed Gecko, Greek Tortoise, Corn Snakes, Western Hoggie, Emp. Scorpion, Fish 
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Re: How fast to up food size?
 Originally Posted by Cam
I will weigh him on Tuesday...I don't want to handle him tomorrow and make him barf
So 10-15% is a good rule of thumb for the BP's entire life or just when they are growing?
Thank you!
Not necessarily. Sometimes if they are skinnier in size but still bigger by weight that can mess up that amount. ;]
Take it by the rule of thumb of the mouse (or rat) size being about the same size as the THICKEST point on the snake. If the snake is a bit skinny, you can go down to a bit smaller than that.
It's not necessary to overfeed him, he will eat bigger mice than corn snakes at a younger age as corns don't get nearly as much diameter on their body as ball pythons.
My 120g year old male ball python is about twice as thick as my 5 year old female corn snake! :]
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Re: How fast to up food size?
 Originally Posted by blackcrystal22
...My 120g year old male ball python is about twice as thick as my 5 year old female corn snake! :]
What's going on with him? That is REALLY thin for a yearling 
To the OP: Your snake is just little right now and so I would stick to the 10-15% amount until it gets a little older and has a little more weight on him.
~~ McKinsey~~
"Men have forgotten this truth," said the fox. "But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed."
~The Little Prince; Antoine de Saint Exupery
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Re: How fast to up food size?
 Originally Posted by starmom
What's going on with him? That is REALLY thin for a yearling
To the OP: Your snake is just little right now and so I would stick to the 10-15% amount until it gets a little older and has a little more weight on him.
I think he's gained weight since I've gotten him to feed twice. He did go on a 3 1/2 month fast and I think thats a while for a yearling.
Hes a year old today actually! Woah I didn't notice that!
Anyway, I may have weighed him wrong. I had to use my uncles scale (I've already ordered one for myself) and it's in .pounds. So I converted and I think I could be off.
We'll see when my new scale comes, because he doesn't seem skinny by any recent pictures does he?
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Re: How fast to up food size?
It will be good when you get a gram scale 
It really sounds very skinny. You ought to post an update on this guy and how the feeding is going and changes you have made to encourage feeding.
~~ McKinsey~~
"Men have forgotten this truth," said the fox. "But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed."
~The Little Prince; Antoine de Saint Exupery
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Re: How fast to up food size?
 Originally Posted by starmom
It will be good when you get a gram scale 
It really sounds very skinny. You ought to post an update on this guy and how the feeding is going and changes you have made to encourage feeding. 
Definitely!
As soon as I get my scale and get him eating a few more meals then I'll throw in weight updates.
But if you look at pictures like this.. which I took a week before he ate (sorry to hijack!) http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...2/DSC03794.jpg
OP: So if you follow either rule with the weight percentage or the size comparison, either way you'll probably notice a gain of weight one way or the other and move up as he grows. :]
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