How often..?

Right now i have a 20" 3-4month old (sorry no scale yet) BEAUTIFUL normal BP currently taking down hoppers every 7-8 days because she wouldnt eat F/T and its not the easiest thing to get to the petstore.
but now she has taken right to F/T and i am about to buy a box of 10 and i was just wondering how often should i feed her?i know twice a week but any more specific?like i think its every 5 days but im not sure.

so any advice would be helpful!!

thanks in advance!

I have a feeling you will get several different opinions on this subject and i am in no way going to say that mine is correct. As of right now I have three 08' babies and I am feeding them every five days. :D

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Originally Posted by snakecharmer3638

I have a feeling you will get several different opinions on this subject and i am in no way going to say that mine is correct. As of right now I have three 08' babies and I am feeding them every five days. :D

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I would agree ;) I have a baby that I have on a 5 day schedule, my older BPs are on a 7 day schedule :D

We feed ours every 5 days until they hit about 200 grams, then they drop back to every 7 days. That's the normal routine we do, but there's always room for adjustment to a snake's specific needs.

There's all sorts of different schools of thought on this, I feed all my snakes on a 5 day schedule except for my big male corn (cuz his previous owner let him get way too fat). I've got 3 smallish (under 350g) bps and they seem to thrive on a 5 day feeding schedule. Also, and I can't say for sure without seeing your snake but unless she hasn't grown much a hopper is not really gonna be much of a meal for your snake. A BP can typically take prey up to and slightly above their maximum width. Right now I'm feeding my 350g female small rats and she's doing great on them. My big 1600g garbage disposal would eat a large rat every day if I let her but that's just cuz she's putting weight back on after breeding this last season. Good luck with your little one!

well ide say she is still as small as when i got her which was only like a month or 2 ago