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An adult you can feed a bit less than 10% they slow down growing when they reach adult status. The real question is how heavy is he? They don't just become adults like most things do when they are X years old. It is almost always about weights. Usually a male I would consider an adult in the 1000+ range. Females in the 1600gm + range. Adult being able to breed consistently there are always exceptions just this is my general guid line.
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Originally Posted by kitedemon
An adult you can feed a bit less than 10% they slow down growing when they reach adult status. The real question is how heavy is he? They don't just become adults like most things do when they are X years old. It is almost always about weights. Usually a male I would consider an adult in the 1000+ range. Females in the 1600gm + range. Adult being able to breed consistently there are always exceptions just this is my general guid line.
10% of what? I dont know how much he weighs. I havn't got a scale yet. I thought about breeding my own mice and maybe increade the rate to every 5th day as one suggested. Does that make sence?
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Yes of weight, yes it does, it is hard to feed an adult snake enough mice. My adult males are averaging 1600gm the biggest mice I can get are in the 35gm area a full meal would be 4-5 per feeding I usually feed adults lighter than this but still 7% per week so that is still 3-4 extra jumbo mice.
I have a suspicion that you male is quite small for his age, that is just a guess on my part.
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Ive heard that feeding multiple mice can affect their digestion. Is there truth to that? I feed like 580 gram male a small rat every saturday.
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Originally Posted by kitedemon
Yes of weight, yes it does, it is hard to feed an adult snake enough mice. My adult males are averaging 1600gm the biggest mice I can get are in the 35gm area a full meal would be 4-5 per feeding I usually feed adults lighter than this but still 7% per week so that is still 3-4 extra jumbo mice.
I have a suspicion that you male is quite small for his age, that is just a guess on my part.
I will borrow a scale tommorow and weigh him and get back to you
The times he had a larger mouse he had quite a struggle to put him into right position for squuezing him down.
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