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Am I overfeeding?

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  • 10-28-2008, 08:30 PM
    potatofloss
    Am I overfeeding?
    Hello all. I have a ~6 month old BP (female I think) who I've been feeding 2 hoppers every 5 days. Does she seem too fat? This is 2 days after her last feeding and she hasn't pooped in ~2/3 weeks.
    Thanks!
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  • 10-28-2008, 08:38 PM
    dsirkle
    Re: Am I overfeeding?
    I would say no. I feed a rat pup every 5 days at that age.
  • 10-28-2008, 08:52 PM
    RoyalGuardian
    Re: Am I overfeeding?
    You could try soaking her in warm water for a bit and see if that helps her release.
  • 10-28-2008, 09:17 PM
    Stewart_Reptiles
    Re: Am I overfeeding?
    Hoppers are pretty small for a 6 months old BP, I would recommend you to go up in size.

    Hatchling BP are generally started on hoppers and quickly move to adult mice.

    After for the famous poop question :rolleyes:, there is no set schedule it varies according to prey size, feeding frequency, whether the animal is growing or not etc.
  • 10-29-2008, 03:20 AM
    Oxylepy
    Re: Am I overfeeding?
    Six months and you're feeding it two hoppers? Geeze at that age I was feeding small rats (slightly larger than full grown mice) every 10 days.
  • 10-29-2008, 04:57 AM
    kimilion0
    Re: Am I overfeeding?
    my hatchling balls were eating hoppers the first time , then the stores only had full grown . So i bought them and they ate them with no problem.
  • 10-29-2008, 05:18 AM
    ssjsmits
    Re: Am I overfeeding?
    In my opinion, if you feed more than once a week, you are feeding to often/frequent regarldess of the species.
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    These 2 hoppers, are they in one sitting or 2 within 5 days? Either way, if you are finding that you have to feed two meals, I recommend bumping up to the next prey size. A snake of that age would do just fine on a 7-10 day regimen.
  • 10-29-2008, 11:55 AM
    JayBP
    Re: Am I overfeeding?
    My two females are 5 months old and I feed them 1 rat weanling every 7 days.
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