OK, need some help here.

Ok so I fed Caesar a 167g rat on Thursday. He also ate Dottie's 140g rat since she wasn't hungry. Well it's been 4 days and he is acting very hungry again. Anytime I walk by his cage, he shoots out of his hide and tracks me. He did come out and start pushing a little but quit and went back into his hide but just sits with his face outside and like I said, any time I walk by, he is like a dart to the glass and tracking. How much do your retics eat a week? Am I seriously underfeeding Caesar? I mean crikey!! how much food can this snake eat. Here's a couple pics of him shooting out with me standing there with a camera at the glass lol.
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I mean I'm seriously at a loss. I mean to keep him quiet, it took like a 240g rat which kept him quiet for like 10 days. I'm going to guess a single medium is going to keep him quiet for 4 days if I'm lucky. Not sure if you can see in the pics but he is still very muscular.

I know very little about retics and have never owned one, but I have to tell you, either you have a gift for taking pictures or Caesar is incredibly photogenic and a ham or some combination... because he is both beautiful and totally cute in those pictures!

He's got your number. LOL

He knows the "pretty please" head tilt works ;)

Reminds me of my horse...

This is her "one more cookie, pleeeeaaaseee" face..lol, head tilt and all ;)

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Lol thanks but that's his 'I want dinner face'. He always sits with his his head and neck hanging out of a hide and if not hungry, he will just sit there when you walk by but if he's hungry, he stands up and darts up to the glass and follows you. He had a really cute face going when I peeked around the cage corner at him but I wasn't ready with the camera haha. It's like the 3rd pic down but he is trying to peek to around the corner of the cage with his face glued to the door lol.

But I really cant figure out why Caesar is so hungry so quick. I mean everyone else says they feed their retics once every 7-10 days on small rats or medium rats. I tried the medium rat and it just doesn't fill him up for long. Like I said, in 4 days, he is out and about and tracking any movement. I mean can a 9 month old SD really need a large rat every week to keep him content?? :confusd:

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Originally Posted by zina10

He's got your number. LOL

He knows the "pretty please" head tilt works ;)

Reminds me of my horse...

This is her "one more cookie, pleeeeaaaseee" face..lol, head tilt and all ;)

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...88215767_n.jpg

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Haha exactly!!

I'm feeding Gene 1 medium rat (never weighed) every 7 days. If Tina skips her small rat he'll get seconds. Gene gets a lot of outside time from his enclosure, every other day for about an hour or so. He never pushes but will track often if I start peeping in on his tub. I'd like to up him to larges, but I have like 25 mediums left.

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That sounds like a pretty hearty meal Sauzo. How heavy is Caesar btw? You're definitely not under feeding him. Some snakes are just voracious and will eat anything anytime but don't let them fool you. There's a difference between wanting more food and being hungry. And if he's active 4 days after a meal that doesn't always mean he should get to eat again. That just gives him a chance to work off some calories. :)

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That sounds like a pretty hearty meal Sauzo. How heavy is Caesar btw? You're definitely not under feeding him. Some snakes are just voracious and will eat anything anytime but don't let them fool you. There's a difference between wanting more food and being hungry. And if he's active 4 days after a meal that doesn't always mean he should get to eat again. That just gives him a chance to work off some calories. :)

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Um I think when I weighed him last week, he was 2108g or something like that. he isn't fat, still has good muscle tone and his head looks proportional to his body. His tail is also in line with his body unlike some fat snakes where it looks like someone glued a smaller, thinner tail onto a fat snake lol.

Well if he only just cruised around, I wouldn't care so much but he starts pushing and actually has hurt himself. He had 2 nicks on his chin from pushing. They are healed up now as I checked today but I just don't want him to smoosh his face. I've been told that if they push too hard, they can sometimes break a tooth and/or develop an abscess which will require a vet.

I mean I guess I'll watch him and see how he acts. If he starts pushing badly, then I'll just have to feed him lol.

The boas do the same and will cruise around when close to feeding time but they don't push like Caesar and they definitely aren't as outgoing as him. I mean I open their doors and they usually just calmly poke their head out. I open Caesar's door and he is at the front stretched out like 1/3 of his body wanting to know what's going on. He isn't shy. Just kind of hoping he doesn't get 10' as a 10' snake with his outgoing not shy personality worries me a little lol. I mean I'm sure after a few years I wont mind but I've only had him for almost 5 months. The saving grace is I can use the twisted up paper towel like a sword and boop his snoot and bonk the top of his head and he backs up and lays down in the cage floor and goes back in his hide haha.

He's cool man.. Those retics are definetly more in tune than burms if they are all like Caesar.

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He's cool man.. Those retics are definetly more in tune than burms if they are all like Caesar.

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Thanks and no idea as I've never owned a burm and Caesar is my first and only retic but if they are generally like him, I want more haha. He's such a character like my beardie except he always wants to eat lol.

I'd like a caramel burm too but not sure about a 13' snake combined with the girth that burms get. Plus I haven't really heard any breeding being done up here in Washington State but I also haven't really looked hard.

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Thanks and no idea as I've never owned a burm and Caesar is my first and only retic but if they are generally like him, I want more haha. He's such a character like my beardie except he always wants to eat lol.

I'd like a caramel burm too but not sure about a 13' snake combined with the girth that burms get. Plus I haven't really heard any breeding being done up here in Washington State but I also haven't really looked hard.

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Yup and thats a gamble too, 13' can turn into 16' no problem....
and the Dwarfs I hear ruined the Docile manner so the Heck with that. One of the greatest things about a burm is they are a gentle giant.