73 Grams?

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Originally Posted by SRMD94

just a question how long should i wait to go up on his food? hes on small hairy mice at the moment

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At that age you just need to eyeball it and feed a prey slightly smaller to equal the girth size (widest part of your BP's body) you can feed him every 5 to 7 days.

As he will grow his metabolism will change so will the way you will feed him but for now that is what will work.

Once he will be an adult assuming it is a male he will not require more than 2 to 3 mice per feeding or a small rat in the 55/65 grams range once a week (at that point you no longer go by girth size)

Congrats on the feeding :gj:

I would say to convert to rat pups around 130 ish grams. I had a 5 week old cinnie shipped to me and she was about 140g and took the rat pups swimmingly. But this is if you can convert him to rats. Some snakes are just mousers so like Deborah said about 2 - 3 mice per feeding as an adult.

I often start my new hatchlings on rat pups. Hatchlings as small as 60 grams can take a small rat fuzzy.
If they're willing to start on rats, it sets them up with good eating habits for life. While many males stay pretty small, I do have some that get up over 1500 grams, and mice just won't cut it, lol.

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Originally Posted by WingedWolfPsion

I often start my new hatchlings on rat pups. Hatchlings as small as 60 grams can take a small rat fuzzy.
If they're willing to start on rats, it sets them up with good eating habits for life. While many males stay pretty small, I do have some that get up over 1500 grams, and mice just won't cut it, lol.

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So basically when hes grown some more i should feed in 2-3 mice in one feeding sesh? or i could just feed him 1 rat?
and if i converted to rats what would it be?
rat pups or rat fluffs?
hes currently on small mice

thanks