Quick Q

Picking up a rat to see if my bp will take it tomarrow. She ways 160g. I am planning on get a rat pup, if I end up with a large pup that is closer to 30g will I be ok?

I read somewhere last night you want it to be about 15% of the weight of your baby.

I am feeding my very small 3 year old girl BP rat pups at the moment, and they even seem big for her. Shes 30+ inches, not frail but definitely not big. Probably switching to small rats soon though)

I like using the width to measure. The prey should be between 1 to 1.5 times the width of your snake. Some people say 2 times the width but I think if its a new snake, you should take it easy until you actually get them feeding. Im no expert though!

she took 21g mouse np for me on thursday. If 15% is correct she should be ok with pup.

She should easily be able to handle a rat pup at 160 grams, my smallest is about that size and she's been pounding rat pups since I got her about a month and a half ago :)

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Originally Posted by mattchibi

I read somewhere last night you want it to be about 15% of the weight of your baby.

I am feeding my very small 3 year old girl BP rat pups at the moment, and they even seem big for her. Shes 30+ inches, not frail but definitely not big. Probably switching to small rats soon though)

I like using the width to measure. The prey should be between 1 to 1.5 times the width of your snake. Some people say 2 times the width but I think if its a new snake, you should take it easy until you actually get them feeding. Im no expert though!

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Did you mean to say three year old bp. Rat pups seem really small for a three year old imo.

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Originally Posted by pingure

Did you mean to say three year old bp. Rat pups seem really small for a three year old imo.

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Maybe it's a rescue that has been deprived of food for a very long time, and they're just inching their way up the food size.