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Bp Feeding

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  • 10-04-2006, 08:59 PM
    mike9452
    Bp Feeding
    I am realativly New to the bp world(this well be my first year breeding).
    I have 6 06 female balls all good eaters.I have been feeding 2 large hoppers every 4 days. they usualy apear hungry on the third day.is this to much?My adults take food every 7-10 days.
    well a bp overfeed?is it healthy to feed in such short intervals?
    Just a note the o6 females are all between 130-160G
    Thanks any input well be great
  • 10-04-2006, 09:22 PM
    SatanicIntention
    Re: Bp Feeding
    I have 2 '06 girls eating ONE medium sized adult mouse every 7 days and they are almost 300g each. The other two '06s were born later in the year and are around 200g each, but eating the same sized mouse. There's no reason to feed every 4 days, you are just stressing their digestive system and asking for either a regurgitation or a fast. Stretch it to every 7 days on one medium sized adult mouse, and they will be fine. There's no need to shove food down their throats so often, they will grow at their own pace regardless, as genetics plays a BIG roll in how fast they grow and their ultimate size.
  • 10-04-2006, 09:38 PM
    Sapphire7
    Re: Bp Feeding
    Feed every 5-7 days an adult mouse for a 19inch snake. When my snake was a hatchling (the smallest one there too) and was able to take hoppers for the first 4 feedings then I moved him up to adult mice which he took well. Then after he got around 24inches long he was moved on to weanling rats. Then when he got to 30inches long he was moved to small rats. Now that he is a bit over 5ft long he eats 2 small rats every 10 days. Go by the girth of the snake, they can eat hoppers when they are hatchlings (16inches long) and mine grew a foot and half by feeding it this way for the first yr!! Then when he was 2yrs old he was almost 4ft long (This was when I thought he was a female because he grew so fast and was the runt of the hatchlings!!! and had him re-probed which proved once again MALE and I didnt even overfeed) Then when he was 3yrs old he was 4ft long and a few inches. Now being at 6yrs old (Birthday was in June) he is now a few inches over 5ft:)
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