My Royal is 200g and is 4 months old and wanted to start her onto rats, she can manage 1 large mouse, would she be able to manage a weaner rat?
05-07-2008, 05:35 PM
starmom
Re: Right Size Food Item
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Originally Posted by Emma
My Royal is 200g and is 4 months old and wanted to start her onto rats, she can manage 1 large mouse, would she be able to manage a weaner rat?
So, being that size, she would take about a 20g rat. I'd give her a little pup every 7 days and see how she does. Have you been feeding her every 5 days up til now?
05-07-2008, 05:41 PM
Emma
Re: Right Size Food Item
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Originally Posted by starmom
So, being that size, she would take about a 20g rat. I'd give her a little pup every 7 days and see how she does. Have you been feeding her every 5 days up til now?
No every 7 days so far and she seems content on that.
05-07-2008, 05:54 PM
Stewart_Reptiles
Re: Right Size Food Item
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Originally Posted by Emma
My Royal is 200g and is 4 months old and wanted to start her onto rats, she can manage 1 large mouse, would she be able to manage a weaner rat?
If you are in the process of switching I would recommend you to switch to something similar in size, in your case a rat pup and than move up accordingly.
05-07-2008, 06:01 PM
starmom
Re: Right Size Food Item
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Originally Posted by Emma
No every 7 days so far and she seems content on that.
I asked because a lot of people will feed every 5 days until the snake hits about 200g or so, and then go to every 7 days for the remainder of the snake's life.
05-07-2008, 06:19 PM
West Coast Jungle
Re: Right Size Food Item
Rat babies/pups vary alot in size. Just use one similar in size to what you've been feeding. Everyone has a different term for the smaller rat stages, can be confusing at times.
05-08-2008, 05:00 AM
lovepig78
Re: Right Size Food Item
dont feed anything fatter than da girth of your snake.
anything slightly smaller is perfect IMO
