Re: 180 g snake wants to eat 30 g???
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EL-Ziggy
Why would feeding (2) appropriately sized rat pups cause a healthy animal to regurge? That's roughly 18% of the animal's body weight which really isn't that large of a meal. I feed multiple prey items to all my snakes pretty regularly and have never had any issues.
THIS ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^. The main reasons for a animal to regurge are illness and or improper temperatures. Usually sub POTZ ( preferred optimal temperature zone) or above the POTZ, too high of a temperature. Although these are captive animals who depend on us to optimize their environments with the correct husbandry and feeding regimen, in the wild they take what they can overpower without size and or weight consideration. However their enviornment in the wild is already stabilized.
Re: 180 g snake wants to eat 30 g???
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Originally Posted by
EL-Ziggy
I think it's almost always more economical to buy in bulk online than paying pet store prices. If you only have the one BP I'd order one pack of rat pups and one pack of weaned rats. That'll last you almost a year and only cost you about $80. If he outgrows the prey size just offer (2) feeders until he finishes them off.
http://www.perfectprey.com/
A 25 pack of each?
Thanks!!!
Re: 180 g snake wants to eat 30 g???
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Originally Posted by
Marcus_Family
A 25 pack of each?
Thanks!!!
I like to order enough feeders to last at least 6 months to help offset the $30 flat rate shipping charge. I believe the pups come in a pack of (25) and the weaned rats come in packs of (20). That's (45) feeders for $80 with shipping included. If you're feeding every 5-7 days those will last you roughly 7-10 months. A (4) pack of rat pups at the pet stores near me costs $13. If you bought (11) packs of those it'll give you (44) feeders and would cost you $143.
Re: 180 g snake wants to eat 30 g???
I find getting bulk amounts of any feeders works and if they are too small just offer more. I actually found at the back of my freezer 4 mice that individually were too small but together made up around 14% of my males weight after offering them I nearly got bitten because of his eagerness to eat them.
*mutters* offer a few dratted mice and almost loose a finger from eager grabbiness.
