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  • 04-10-2012, 06:49 PM
    pingure
    feeding questions pkease help
    So have have my 4 bps between 460g and 610g should o be feeding the bigger two (both atone 600) small rats now or is that to big.
  • 04-10-2012, 09:57 PM
    RestlessRobie
    Re: feeding questions pkease help
    Small Rats would work here is a list of aprox sizes

    MICE

    Sm. Pink 1-2 grams
    Lg. Pink 2-4 grams
    Peach Fuzz 4-6 grams
    Fuzzies 5-8 grams
    Hoppers 8-12 grams
    Sm. Mice 11-16 grams
    Med. Mice 15-24 grams
    Lg. Mice 24-28 grams
    XLg. Mice 30 grams+

    Rats:
    Rat Sm. Pink 3-8 grams
    Rat Lg. Pink 5-12 grams
    Rat Fuzzies 10-20 grams
    Rat Pup 20-30 grams
    Rat Wean 30-45 grams
    Rat Sm. 40-80 grams
    Rat Med. 80-150 grams
    Rat Lg. 140-200 grams
    Rat XLg. 190-250 grams

    So small rats every 7 days or wo would be fine for the larger 2 and weanlings for the smaller 2 would be about right :)
  • 04-11-2012, 03:48 AM
    Snakesonly
    I personally never look at the weight of the BP.
    I always feed based on the thickness of the snake, thickest part of BP times 1.5 is the max size food you can give.
  • 04-11-2012, 07:53 AM
    kitedemon
    Again personal opinion but I judge weight and eye ball girth. I feed sub adults 10% mass every week, give or take. I feed adults less between 3-7% mass every week too. It works for me. I check to make sure it is not an overly round rat and it is not larger than the snakes girth but I have never seen a rat that was 10% of the body weight of a given snake bigger around than the snake is.
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