Appropriate growth and feeding?
I have a BP who was hatched in late June '07, and I just wanted to get your feedback on her progress. She weighed 185g on 1/14/08, and today she weighs 435g. Does that sound like a typical rate of growth?
I've been feeding her (2) 20g mice each week for about 6 weeks now, and she's never refused a meal; I tried giving her a 40g mouse a couple weeks ago, but she seemed to struggle with it quite a bit so I haven't tried again. At what point should I try to move her up in prey size again? And when should I think about switching her to rats?
Here are some photos of her. Please let me know if you think she looks about the right body weight for her size.
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...iscilla1-1.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...iscilla2-1.jpg
Thanks for your input!
Re: Appropriate growth and feeding?
She looks like a very healthy girl.
I fed my female mice for almost two years, but have recently bumped up her feeding to small rats (or 3 mice). I would look into rat pups.
Re: Appropriate growth and feeding?
I kinda want to know the answer to this as well. Mine was 90grams in January and just now crossed into 400 grams. He has a great feeding response and has been feeding on a 20-30g mouse every 5 days. When should I go up in size?