Feeding Frozen

Hi guys

we have a 150g ball python and have been following the 10-15% feeding rule but we have been having trouble getting the proper size rats. in the past few orders trying to get the right size we have ended up with quite a few 10g rats.

Can we feed 2 at a time with frozen? and if so how do you go about doing it, not sure how( the same day or a few days later)

we normally feed once a week.

Thanks

Feed the first, when he finishes that the offer the second one.

If he won't take it then, then try again a little later.

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Originally Posted by Kodieh

Feed the first, when he finishes that the offer the second one.

If he won't take it then, then try again a little later.

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Thanks

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Originally Posted by Kodieh

Feed the first, when he finishes that the offer the second one.

If he won't take it then, then try again a little later.

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x2 on this. This is what i did when i was feeding mine hopper mice. I would thaw out two and warm them both up and once he swallowed one and went back into strike mode id offer the next and he would take it. Some snakes won't eat more than one feeder so you might just have to give him one the next day or two later. :) tell us how it goes.

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Originally Posted by AlexisFitzy

x2 on this. This is what i did when i was feeding mine hopper mice. I would thaw out two and warm them both up and once he swallowed one and went back into strike mode id offer the next and he would take it. Some snakes won't eat more than one feeder so you might just have to give him one the next day or two later. :) tell us how it goes.

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thanks

will do

If you just can't get it to take a second feeder, you can also go to feeding twice a week for a while.

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Originally Posted by Bechard4

Hi guys

we have a 150g ball python and have been following the 10-15% feeding rule but we have been having trouble getting the proper size rats. in the past few orders trying to get the right size we have ended up with quite a few 10g rats.

Can we feed 2 at a time with frozen? and if so how do you go about doing it, not sure how( the same day or a few days later)

we normally feed once a week.

Thanks

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The 10-15% rule only applies to hatchlings. Your ball is no longer a hatchling and assuming it's the correct weight for the age of your ball, he should be eating rat pups. You can feed 2 at a time if he'll take it, but I wouldn't do 2 rat pups at a time. The most I would do would be a rat pup and a rat fuzzy, or if you can't get rat pups then like 2 rat fuzzies. I have 2 girls that will usually take double the food, though sometimes they don't.

If you're going to double feed, do it back to back and then let your snake be for 2-3 days while it starts the digestion. Also once a week is fine, I do that during winter months but if it's not winter then they get put on a 6 day schedule just to get them to weight faster.

My question to you is where are you getting your frozen feeders from and what size are you having problems getting?

I've removed the posts with most of the bickering and started a new thread in quarantine here. http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...g-Frozen-Split

Anyone who needs access to the quarantine room can get it by PMing one of the admins.

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Originally Posted by Neal

The 10-15% rule only applies to hatchlings.

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That rule is for hatchlings *and* juvies. Its still OK to use that rule for ~150g snakes up to 400-500g too. I'd consider using that rule myself if I didn't just eyeball my prey.

The rule is essentially for growing young snakes who have a faster metabolism than adults. Think of how growing young puppies eat just as much or double as much as their adult counter part. Babies and juvies are growing and need that extra energy. Adults plateau their growth so they don't need as much food to sustain themselves.

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Originally Posted by satomi325

That rule is for hatchlings *and* juvies. Its still OK to use that rule for ~150g snakes up to 400-500g too. I'd consider using that rule myself if I didn't just eyeball my prey.

The rule is essentially for growing young snakes who have a faster metabolism than adults. Think of how growing young puppies eat just as much or double as much as their adult counter part. Babies and juvies are growing and need that extra energy. Adults plateau their growth so they don't need as much food to sustain themselves.

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It can be used for a juvie, yes, but 15% barely meets the size the 150g ball could take. I was not doubting that it could work, just that when the whole thing was started, it was meant for anything under 100g.