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Originally Posted by Elvyra's Keeper

are you guys feeding adult bps?

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Yes some of my balls are 3000 + grams and they do just fine on rats that size. Every thing from 1000 grams and up gets a small rat every 7 days. 950 grams and below get just weaned rats every 5 days till they hit 1000 grams.

i just went by the girth of the snake and i figure since my big girl is about 900 grams and the small rats between 60 - 70 grams does her good for 7 days

wow, really it seams they would eat much larger, like even a small rabbit

leave the rabbits to the burm keepers

Just because they "can" eat something that big, doesn't mean they should. Their metabolisms are so slow, that feeding something the size of a large rat is just wasteful. They honestly aren't going to use that amount of food and it's just going to get pooped out.

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Originally Posted by Elvyra's Keeper

wow, really it seams they would eat much larger, like even a small rabbit

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They will but I have seen adult Balls go on fasts when they are fed large prey items on a regular basis. I had one of mine do it I was feeding med rats years ago and then it fasted for 8 months.

Its not that they wont its that theres no reason for them to be offered that large a food item due to their metabolism

Occasionally I will feed some of my big girls (2500+ grams) a medium rat - but for the most part all my adults get small rats - the big ones will get two - sometimes three if I get distracted and loose count.

oh, so it is possible, just useless. That makes sense.

40-60 gram rats for my adults every 7 days - results in consistent growth with no fasts.

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Originally Posted by Elvyra's Keeper

are you guys feeding adult bps?

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Yes most of my BP are adults which includes breeder females!