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    im sooo proud!!!

    sooo i took everyones advice from this forum and got a small mouse for my bp. this was his first small mouse and he took it like a champ. i really seemed to enjoy eating something bigger than a fuzzy

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    Re: im sooo proud!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by mattramsfan View Post
    sooo i took everyones advice from this forum and got a small mouse for my bp. this was his first small mouse and he took it like a champ. i really seemed to enjoy eating something bigger than a fuzzy
    great stuff, i recently went larger, i was trying to move up slowly as i dont want feeding to become an issue and my boy took a adult mouse yesterday im sure it hit the spot for him as i havnt seen him since. well last night i caught him drinking
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    Re: im sooo proud!!!

    thats good stuff. i was just soo proud of mine. now would you suggest to keep him on the same size mouse for now?? and when should i upgrade size

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    Re: im sooo proud!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by mattramsfan View Post
    thats good stuff. i was just soo proud of mine. now would you suggest to keep him on the same size mouse for now?? and when should i upgrade size
    when you feed him and it stops leaving a visible lump in his belly its time to move up.
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    Re: im sooo proud!!!

    got ya. thanks. although he ate that mouse tonight and there really isnt that much of a lump. can barely see it. i think i am gonna bring him to the pet store and ask what size he should be eating. there is a guy here at my local pet store that knows his stuff bout bp's

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    Re: im sooo proud!!!

    what size is the adult mouse you fed him and how long/large is your snake
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    Re: im sooo proud!!!

    Feeding 10% of the BPs total body weight is a good rule to follow. About 10g per 100g of snake. A digital scale is a great husbandry tool, and takes away all the guess work of how much to feed.

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    Re: im sooo proud!!!

    he was a small feeder. and my bp is about 1.5 feet long. a little wider than the width of a quarter

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    Re: im sooo proud!!!

    its really hard to suggest anything large because i dont know what the lump looksl iek it may be just fine. a feeder should be 10%-15% of the weight of the snake. i dont weight mine but im going to invest in a scale. i feed mine a normal sized adult mouse he is about 24" long
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    fantabulous!! how old is the snake? he could probably take an adult mouse
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