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  • 06-23-2014, 04:07 AM
    Petedwitt
    Food amount
    I am feeding my 1700g ball python every 7 days 4 mice that weigh together circa 90g, is this enough or give it more ?.
  • 06-23-2014, 09:37 AM
    CORBIN911
    thats not enough no, She wont continue to grow, but maintain at that, Have you tried to switch to rats? It'd be much cheaper and 1 feeding vs 5+

    I do stop at medium for my 1600+g females, which are usually 140-190g (somewhere in there i never feed large/jumbo)
  • 06-23-2014, 06:04 PM
    kc261
    If it is a male, you are probably fine. If it is a female and she is just a pet, you are probably fine. If you want to use her for breeding, she'll need to eat more to be able to support the demands of making eggs.
  • 06-23-2014, 09:28 PM
    Stewart_Reptiles
    I feed 6 weeks old rats which are about 120 grams to my biggest girls over 2000 grams, even to those who are close to 4000 grams.

    Anything below 2000 grams I feed rats in the 80/100 gram range.

    Males I feed less, 50/60 grams rats

    Small rats are usually around 60/80 grams

    Medium rats are 80/175 grams

    Your feeding is fine, keep in mind that in captivity we are overfeeding anyway.

    Now if the animal is a female you wish to breed you can increase feeding right before breeding season feeding every 5 days instead of 7.
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