Feeding two rats in one night?

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Originally Posted by MuicyJelon

Does anyone feed their ball two rats/mice in one night OR say one Monday, one Tuesday.
Just wanted to know if people do it or not & wether it’d be worth trying.
I only ask as mine always looks to be wanting more straight after eating one.


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You can feed a single prey item or multiple the choice is your however if feeding multiple it is recommended to do it in one sitting as digestion takes it's toll on the snake, or do it 5 days apart if you want to feed twice a week,

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Originally Posted by Tonald Drump

My BP now requires near adult rats, but if they're not available, she'll gladly eat multiple smaller mice. I fed her 6 hoppers in one session once :O

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2 things here

First no adult BP requires anything close to a adult rat which is usually 400 grams, animals 3000 and 4000+ do not require anything larger than 150 grams/175 grams rats.

Second if your BP eats 6 hoppers it is nowhere near and adult rats as far has food goes hoppers are 7 to 13 grams on average each and used to start babies out of the egg. So 2 adult mice would be the equivalent of what you are currently feeding.

Please keep this in mind when trying to give advice.

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Originally Posted by DandD

My snake has almost came out of his 40 gallon aquarium striking at a f/t. So I wouldn’t be so sure that all f/t eaters are lazy feeders

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I’ve had this with my male, soon as I opens the door once he was bam lunged our the tank, he had been off food for a month so he was hungry I guess. Did make me jump


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I would suggest getting something that is the right size and just feed one rodent per meal..... but that's just me

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If your ball python can eat multiple prey items, you'll want to feed all the prey in the same meal, rather than one on Monday and one on Tuesday.

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Originally Posted by Deborah

2 things here

First no adult BP requires anything close to a adult rat which is usually 400 grams, animals 3000 and 4000+ do not require anything larger than 150 grams/175 grams rats.

Second if your BP eats 6 hoppers it is nowhere near and adult rats as far has food goes hoppers are 7 to 13 grams on average each and used to start babies out of the egg. So 2 adult mice would be the equivalent of what you are currently feeding.

Please keep this in mind when trying to give advice.

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Another case of local names that don't apply elsewhere, oops. Here, hoppers are roughly the size of an adult thumb, whereas adult store-sold rats are only half a forearm. Sorry Deb, I was just mildly ignorant [emoji14]

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