Feeding Question

Oh yes, he is a wonderful eater as far as I can tell. When I gave him a rat pinky last friday to start him off on rats, he didn't take it when I put it in his tank, but when I picked it up with some chop sticks and wiggled it around, he struck, constricted, and then ate with no problem. And before then, he even ate a mouse fuzzy/hopper with no problems. So I am quite certain this poor baby was starved. I refuse to give up on him, I will do everything in my power to make sure he bulks up and survives.

P.S Thank you so much for your kind words Naomi, all I need is hope, and support from all of you wonderful people.

Not at all, we all have our trials and tribulations with our pets! I think if you can't come here for support where can you go? Keep us updated on your little guys progress, I look forward to seeing him after a few months with you, he'll be like a whole different snake :D

Not the first runt and definitely not the smallest, I remember a normal male that hatched out and I swear a hatchling cali king could have eaten him plus a pinkie. We put him on rat pinkies until he hit ~25g, then fuzzies, on pups I believe at 40g...all feedings were every five days, as a personal rule I do not feeding anymore frequent than 5 days due to liver concerns, some have had success though. The little guy ended up staying with us at the store, he ended up siring at least one clutch, and was ~30 inches when someone finally bought him I believe. The body is more likely to start putting on fat when the animal has a good solid meal, so whatever you feed there needs to be a good lump in him.

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Originally Posted by Physician&Snakes

Not the first runt and definitely not the smallest, I remember a normal male that hatched out and I swear a hatchling cali king could have eaten him plus a pinkie. We put him on rat pinkies until he hit ~25g, then fuzzies, on pups I believe at 40g...all feedings were every five days, as a personal rule I do not feeding anymore frequent than 5 days due to liver concerns, some have had success though. The little guy ended up staying with us at the store, he ended up siring at least one clutch, and was ~30 inches when someone finally bought him I believe. The body is more likely to start putting on fat when the animal has a good solid meal, so whatever you feed there needs to be a good lump in him.

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So more then likely Kaa will never be full length when he grows up?

He should be fine now that he'll be fed appropriately, don't worry so much... you said he's a good eater... he'll catch up.
Note: the above referenced snake was 30" when sold so he probably got full size. :)

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A good pointer to notice, is if he's still hanging around the feeding area after getting one rat down and looks as though he's waiting for another, you might as well give him another. I've found my BP doing so on occasion so I give him two, and he's happily devoured the second one every time.