Re: Kingsnake feeders as a % of body weight.
Re: Kingsnake feeders as a % of body weight.
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Originally Posted by
EL-Ziggy
Ron, I'm curious to see the differences between the 2 feeding regiments. Do you feed just one prey item per feeding? How often do you feed your colubrids? How old and how large are they?
Yes I always feed just one prey item. My adult colubrids get fed once a week unless they start getting chubby then I go 10-14 days. Those girls get hips otherwise. lol The hatchlings I feed once a week for about a couple months and then I will usually feed every 5 days unless they are max prey size then only every 7 days. The newly hatched hatchlings only get prey size equal to or even a little less then their girth. I feed by what the condition is of the snake though. If they are getting too heavy I tone it back. I don't mind my pythons being chunky but I don't want the colubrids to be chunky.
Re: Kingsnake feeders as a % of body weight.
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Originally Posted by
bondo
Yes I always feed just one prey item. My adult colubrids get fed once a week unless they start getting chubby then I go 10-14 days. Those girls get hips otherwise. lol The hatchlings I feed once a week for about a couple months and then I will usually feed every 5 days unless they are max prey size then only every 7 days. The newly hatched hatchlings only get prey size equal to or even a little less then their girth. I feed by what the condition is of the snake though. If they are getting too heavy I tone it back. I don't mind my pythons being chunky but I don't want the colubrids to be chunky.
I consider this to be too big of a prey item. :D
http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...6/3/4/king.jpg
Re: Kingsnake feeders as a % of body weight.
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Originally Posted by
bondo
His eyes are bigger than his stomach rofl
Re: Kingsnake feeders as a % of body weight.
I do feed my kings a little more. My adults eat roughly 10% of their body weight every 7 days. They usually get 2 jumbo mice or a jumbo mouse and a chick per feeding.
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