Re: Failed feeding and power feeding
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bcr229
They can eat themselves to death? O_o
Re: Failed feeding and power feeding
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Originally Posted by
RoyaLoveRay
Lol
Btw Is there anyone here who considers power feeding ok and under what circumstances? The breeder I bought her from, who is definitely reputable, essentially told me that in his experience a ball python will not glut itself to its own detriment as certain other species may.
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RoyaLoveRay
Yeah that's true of course, and a good point. It's just that when she returned to feeding after her seven month fast, for about two weeks she was aggressively moving towards me in an "S" each time she saw me, and instantly striking every mouse I offered her, so for that time I guess she was power feeding, and quite happily at that ;)
I think you are misusing the term "power feeding". Power feeding is taking a normally behaving snake and repeatedly offering food at a higher frequency than appropriate for an extended period of time. The goal of this is to push a snake into breeding size that would not be ready at it's own pace.
Temporarily offering extra meals to a hungry snake who just fasted for half a year is not power feeding.
Temporarily offering extra meals to an already acceptable breeding weight female who's appetite has skyrocketed because she's depleting her energy to reproduce is not power feeding.
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Ok, message received. I will not push her to eat. Honestly, it wasn't about greed or anything like that. I just wanted to see her grow after her long fast. Plus I'm excited to try breeding for the first time, just for its own sake, and hope that ideally she's ready for in season breeding. I do care about Ruby (my albino girl) above all! So I will take all your posts to heart. Thanks
I do have another question about a subject touched on in this thread. Ruby and Moby (my blue Lucy boy) will not accept rats. Should I stop offering mice, and keep offering rats once a week till they take them? I currently use f/t, so should I try a live rat to kickstart feeding, if you will?
Re: Failed feeding and power feeding
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Jabberwocky Dragons
I think you are misusing the term "power feeding". Power feeding is taking a normally behaving snake and repeatedly offering food at a higher frequency than appropriate for an extended period of time. The goal of this is to push a snake into breeding size that would not be ready at it's own pace.
Temporarily offering extra meals to a hungry snake who just fasted for half a year is not power feeding.
Temporarily offering extra meals to an already acceptable breeding weight female who's appetite has skyrocketed because she's depleting her energy to reproduce is not power feeding.
Thanks for that. I wanted a clear idea of what constitutes power feeding. Do you believe it's ever appropriate? I have got conflicting opinions about it here on bp net, which will happen of course. And I'd rather err on the side of caution, and not power feed.
Re: Failed feeding and power feeding
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RoyaLoveRay
I do have another question about a subject touched on in this thread. Ruby and Moby (my blue Lucy boy) will not accept rats. Should I stop offering mice, and keep offering rats once a week till they take them? I currently use f/t, so should I try a live rat to kickstart feeding, if you will?
For converting to F/T rats, you can ask for some dirty mouse aspen from your local pet store... (aspen that their mice lived and pooped in). After the F/T rat is completely thawed, heat it up, and roll it around thoroughly in the dirty aspen to scent it with mouse. And try offering that. This has a high chance of success imo.
After a few weeks of this, your snakes should eventually be able to take the F/T rat without being scented.
Re: Failed feeding and power feeding
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Originally Posted by
Solarsoldier001
They can eat themselves to death? O_o
A lot of snakes in captivity, especially kings, corns, milks, and boas, are overfed to the point of obesity. Being overweight can cut decades off of their lifespan.
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I was always worried I was power feeding because everyone used to tell me I was. My girl eats a small rat every week. She will sometimes get 2 when Boots only eats 1. She is 1108g today ^^ by the end of the year, she will have passed breeding size. Honestly, start offering multiple prey items at each feeding WITHIN REASON and you should be fine. However much she should eat is what she should get!
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