What should he be eating on 100.7gs?
I got him 3 weeks ago. They said a fuzzy every 2 weeks. I learned right away that two weeks wasn't good for a youngling, so I gave it another fuzzy last thursday, a week later. Now I'm not so sure about the size of the prey. Help?
Re: What should he be eating on 100.7gs?
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YoshiBP
I got him 3 weeks ago. They said a fuzzy every 2 weeks. I learned right away that two weeks wasn't good for a youngling, so I gave it another fuzzy last thursday, a week later. Now I'm not so sure about the size of the prey. Help?
At 108 grams my guy was eating medium/lrg medium adult mice.. Also feeding him every 4-5 days
Also so go by the thickest part of his body for prey size even a little thicker is fine..
Feeding them ever 4-5 days u will be amazed how fast they grow..my guys us rowing and growing and getting hungrier and hungrier.
Re: What should he be eating on 100.7gs?
At 100 grams I would expect the snake to be taking a large hopper mouse or a medium sized fuzzy rat every 5-7 days.
Since you say that you think the snake is on the thin side I would go with every 5 days.
Generally speaking for BP's 10-15% of the animals body weight every 5-7 days is fine for juvenile animals with the feeding cycle getting longer as the animal matures (I try for every 7 days some people prefer 10 for adults, I think your available prey item size factors in to this)
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Also, can you post a photo of your snake so we can check just how skinny he or she is?