Feeding

My baby female BP was born on July 1st and her last meal was on the 23rd. I was told to feed her pinky rats, but all I can find is frozen pinky mice from LPS. I was also told I can feed her a mouse now. I'm in Norcross, GA. I'm not sure what to do...any info will be greatly appreciated.

Can you get larger rodents live? Pinkie mice are way too small.

Most BP's can eat a hopper mouse right out of the egg. You're probably going to want to feed a hopper or a small adult mouse.

You just need to feed her an appropriate sized meal for her size (10-15% of your snake's body weight every 4 days while she's growing up). There are many that prefer rats to mice, but if mice are all that's available to you at the moment, they're a perfectly good option. Here's a chart that will help you picture the size difference between mice and rats:
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...mousesizes.jpg

Thanx for the info guys...

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Originally Posted by The Serpent Merchant

Can you get larger rodents live? Pinkie mice are way too small.

Most BP's can eat a hopper mouse right out of the egg. You're probably going to want to feed a hopper or a small adult mouse.

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I can get frozenn fuzzies or lve mice; what do u suggest?

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Originally Posted by Enki40

I can get frozenn fuzzies or lve mice; what do u suggest?

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If your little one was on live before being in your care, then I recommend sticking with live for 3 meals (without a refusal). This way, you can ensure that they're eating properly in your care and not worrying about your new one missing meals because of unfamiliar food. After the 3 straight meals is when I switch mine over to f/t.

Edit: If they were on frozen before, then stick with f/t. It's all about consistency and being comfortable when you first bring a new little one home.

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Originally Posted by Enki40

I can get frozenn fuzzies or lve mice; what do u suggest?

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fuzzies are really too small as well. I would get live mice and either carefully feed live or pre-kill the rodents.

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Originally Posted by The Serpent Merchant

fuzzies are really too small as well. I would get live mice and either carefully feed live or pre-kill the rodents.

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You're right. I was thinking the decision was between frozen rat fuzzies or live mice.

I agree as well with the live mouse. How big is the live mouse you can get?

I bought a live mouse and she tagged and downed it with no problem...just finished it. When should I put her back into her enclosure and is 24 hours enuff time to give her before I handle her?