So excitied!...

My litte girl ate for me last night. It has been a week since she ate so I fed her last night and she took right to it. At the store she was force fed pinkies and I fed her a small mouse last night and she had no trouble with it at all. Took her a while to eat though but I figured she isn't used to the whole eating on her own thing.

Question though... because she is underweight and still kind of young should I feed her every 5 days or once a week?

I would keep her on a 5 day schedule til she reaches 300 - 350g

Every 5 days and if you don't already own a digital scale you might want to look into getting one. They are one of the handiest herp keeping tools there is.

Great news! I would keep her on the every 5 day schedule. See, all she needed was some TLC!

I have mine on a 5 day schedule too. Adult mice are fine for hatchlings so they should be good for you. I just weighed a f/t "large mouse" I got in a 4 pack from petsmart today before I fed it to Nyoka and it came in at 20g dead on if that helps any. Everyone says prey should be 10-15% the weight of the animal so a scale really would help. I got my scale from RBI and it is really nice, I suggest going through them if you can't find one locally or can wait 3-5 days for shipping.

I dont have a scale now but you can believe I will be picking one up here soon. About how much do they run? I know to get a digital scale. Would online be cheaper?

great news that she is eating.

you can get a scale relativly cheap at target so i have heard.

Our digital scale was bought at Wal-Mart for $20. I love it and it really has helped with deciding just how much and how often my snakes need to eat.

How much do you know to feed or how often? my bp is about 400 grams so how often and how much (big)???

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Originally Posted by tjones

How much do you know to feed or how often? my bp is about 400 grams so how often and how much (big)???

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10-15% of its body weight every 7 days.