How many mice?

[PythonBlitz]

My python is roughly 8 months old. I dont prescent or have any feeding problems. Its always ready to eat. Im feeding it 1 small mouse every week. Should I be feeding it more? I want it to be a thicker snake not long and skinny. And when should I start cutting down its food intake?

[LadyOhh]

One large mouse once a week is good, even a smaller rat would be something to consider.

See if it will take it, and evaluate your snakes growth and feeding habits with what you offer and how often.

[blackcrystal22]

The problem with this topic is that it could be confusing.
An adult could easily down 3 mice in ONE sitting but giving it 3 mice throughout the week is not healthy or wise.

Feeding on a 5 day schedule rather than a 7 day schedule for younger bps is a good idea as well.

[Hthree]

I feed my 3 month old female 2 adult mice every friday and my male eats 2 small rats a week

[Rakk101]

My young BP is about 230grams he eats a 20-25gram hopper every five days right now. I usually keep the prey to about 10% of their weight.

[SJSExotics2]

I can't vote cause I don't feed mice. Like stated above depends on size and age. I feed Rats, and depending on the size of the snake and Rat = how many... What happens when the snake get stuck on only feeding on mice.

[SPJ]

It all depends on the snake really. Only ones on mice here are 2 of the 2008 animals. Once they get a little bigger, they will be on rats. My 2008 mojave is already taking rat pups. Everyone else (but one) is on a weekly feeding schedule of small rats.
My 2006 albino is a totally different story. She is a strict mouse feeder and will only eat an adult mouse every 2 weeks. No matter how many times I try a weekly schedule with her, she wants the 2 week schedule.

[Dragoon]

my ball is over 1 year but the feeder mice at my local pet store are pathetic in size. there "adult" mice are weanlings so I need to feed multiples until my snake is big enough to take small rats

[simplechamp]

Dragoon, I had the same exact problem. I went to a local pet store, they were out of adult mice, so I asked them to order me 10 and they asked me to pay ahead of time since they had problems with people bailing out on orders. Big mistake.

I go a few days later to pick them up and the guy hands me a bag of hoppers. I said "Oh there must have been a mistake I ordered adults, not hoppers." and he says "These are adults." I was so mad, they said no money back, no replacements, nothing.

The worst part is when I said "Do you care that you are losing a customer because of this?" the guy says "We don't make money on the mice anyways. Have a nice day"

[SPJ]

Sounds like the petstores around here.
The "adult" mice are nothing more than large hoppers and they charge $3 each.
I think they get stiffed because once people see the size, they tell the petstore to go screw.