Re: feeding, once or twice a week?
Remind me: what's the difference between offering 2 mice in one sitting than offering 2 mice over a week-long period?
Re: feeding, once or twice a week?
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Originally Posted by Stings
if you wanted to help a female grow faster would twice a week be ok for her? like say thursday and Sunday?
That is considered power feeding and is generally looked down upon. You don't want to rush growth, it isn't healthy. A female ball python will be ready to breed at three years, don't go by a length or weight, go by age. At 3 a female BP is mature enough for breeding.
Re: feeding, once or twice a week?
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Originally Posted by IamKaervek
Remind me: what's the difference between offering 2 mice in one sitting than offering 2 mice over a week-long period?
Not a thing. But there is a big difference between feeding a snake an appropriate number of food item once a week vs. an appropriate number of food items multiple times a week and spreading out the feedings of an appropriate number of food items over the course of a week. ;)
-adam
Re: feeding, once or twice a week?
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Originally Posted by Shelby
That is considered power feeding and is generally looked down upon. You don't want to rush growth, it isn't healthy. A female ball python will be ready to breed at three years, don't go by a length or weight, go by age. At 3 a female BP is mature enough for breeding.
Ohhh ... I couldn't disagree more there ... I have some 3 and 4 year old ball pythons that I would not even think of breeding ... a healthy weight to length ratio should ALWAYS be a factor when deciding wether or not to put a female ball python into a breeding program.
-adam
Re: feeding, once or twice a week?
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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki
Not a thing. But there is a big difference between feeding a snake an appropriate number of food item once a week vs. an appropriate number of food items multiple times a week and spreading out the feedings of an appropriate number of food items over the course of a week. ;)
-adam
...eh?
Only feed once-per-week, and offer multiple mice?
Re: feeding, once or twice a week?
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Originally Posted by IamKaervek
Stick to a strict once-a-week feeding schedule, but offer multiple mice? No more frequent, regardless of amount of rodents?
Why would a higher number of rodents call for a more frequent feeding schedule?
I have some adult girls that will eat 8 mice in a sitting? ... My rodents are all picked up/delivered on Mondays ... it's most convenient for me to feed all of them one day a week ... you guessed it ... Monday.
For those that need to travel to a pet store to get their live feeders, I would imagine that making the trip once a week is far more convenient than multiple times a week? No?
What am I missing that is making this sooooo difficult?
-adam
Re: feeding, once or twice a week?
.....and if you like to handle your ball pythons alot.....feeding twice a week gives you four days out of the week that you are not supposed to handle.
Re: feeding, once or twice a week?
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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki
What am I missing that is making this sooooo difficult?
-adam
Condescending mockery aside, the way you decided to phrase it in your previous post was far from clear.
"[...]vs. an appropriate number of food items multiple times a week and spreading out the feedings of an appropriate number of food items over the course of a week."
That was supposed to be soooooooooooo not confusing?
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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki
Why would a higher number of rodents call for a more frequent feeding schedule?
I never said feeding multiple mice more than once a week. I said "what is the difference between feeding 2 mice on Monday, as opposed to 2 mice over the course of a week." It would appear that daniel understood what I was asking.
Let me bring it down a notch or four: Both scenarios = 2 mice over a 7-day period.
Obviously providing a higher number of rodents per feeding wouldn't call for an increased feeding schedule.
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Oh well don't listen to me. lol
Re: feeding, once or twice a week?
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Originally Posted by IamKaervek
I never said feeding multiple mice more than once a week. I said "what is the difference between feeding 2 mice on Monday, as opposed to 2 mice over the course of a week." It would appear that daniel understood what I was asking.
The difference that I see is that it takes a BP about 24 to 48 hours to digest (hence the no handling 48 hours post-feed). My snakes tend to lay hot for at least a day or two after feeding, not moving around much, resting after a feed, and allowing themselves to digest. If I were to feed the same amount of rodents but in two different sessions and on two different days, then it seems to me that I would be adding undue stress to my animals, and also restrict my handling sessions to only one or two days a week. (I don't handle on feeding day, or the two days following)
I don't think that feeding two mice at a time and feeding one mouse on Sunday and one on Wednesday is even close to being equal... I could be wrong of course. I've been known to be wrong before... it was a cold winter's night in '84.... or no... '89! ;)
