Re: Feeding the Babies??????
My bp hatched on july 12th and I feed him rat pups every 5 days! Mice are a small food item for a ball. When they get older you would have to feed them a couple adult mice each feeding and that can get expensive. Try rat pups before they get hooked on mice. May sure the rat is the same colour as the mice were. I just switched mine over to rats two weeks ago and had no problem! Good luck!
Re: Feeding the Babies??????
A fuzzy is the right size for a hatchling but as they get older you should start feeind medium mice...I have a bp that's a year & a half old I feed her 2 adult mice a feeding...
Re: Feeding the Babies??????
Hah, hatched July 7th. That's my birthday. =P
Re: Feeding the Babies??????
Yeah, start feeding larger prey items like hoppers.
Re: Feeding the Babies??????
Switch to rat fuzzys. Just when theyre getting the peach fuzz. I switched from hopper mice to these and my hatch's are really starting to grow. More nutrition in a comparable size rat.
Re: Feeding the Babies??????
Mice fuzzies are definitely too small for an hatchling, most average hatchling are started on hopper and quickly move to small adult and adult mice.
When starting hatchlings on rats they are usually started on rat crawler/small fuzzies, no one start their hatchlings on rat pups.
Feed a prey slightly equal to your BP's girth size.