Pinkies are hardly a meal, even multiple pinkies is hardly a meal.
He actually looks like he can be taking weanling mice-small adult mice.
08-05-2008, 03:31 PM
kc261
Re: BP growing quick?
Quote:
Originally Posted by littleindiangirl
Pinkies are hardly a meal, even multiple pinkies is hardly a meal.
He actually looks like he can be taking weanling mice-small adult mice.
I thought the most important thing was the total weight of the meal? So enough pinkies would be a proper meal? Please correct me if I'm wrong on this.
Obviously, there comes a point when the number of pinkies required would be large enough to make it impractical. And (as I mentioned in my previous post), if the snake isn't cooperating with taking the multiples, it won't work at all.
08-05-2008, 03:44 PM
Jenn
Re: BP growing quick?
I would have that snake on small adult mice. Looks a bit thin to me too. If you think he's growing now just wait. It's really amazing how fast they grow. Most of their growth happens in the first three years!!!
08-05-2008, 04:07 PM
Argentra
Re: BP growing quick?
Weight of the meal is important... but BPs should NEVER be on pinkies in the first place, so even a bunch of them wouldn't really give enough nutrition.
Best thing to do is find someone or somewhere that might take the pinkies you have and get some hoppers. Start with small hoppers and see if he'll take it. If so, do a few feedings on hoppers and then move up again to small adult mice if he'll take those.
Again, most newly hatched BPs take hopper mice right away, so anything smaller isn't a meal for them even in larger quantities. And it's not really a good idea to feed too many items at once. :)
08-10-2008, 05:58 PM
kimmeh
Re: BP growing quick?
Thank you all for you're replies was very helpful, I am just wondering though wether i could feed him a live hopper mice? as i cant find anywhere where they would sell frozen....
08-10-2008, 06:29 PM
Chuck1289
Re: BP growing quick?
What size mouse is your BP taking now ? How is she/he getting along i didn't notice this thread till now....
08-10-2008, 06:53 PM
Argentra
Re: BP growing quick?
Quote:
Originally Posted by kimmeh
Thank you all for you're replies was very helpful, I am just wondering though wether i could feed him a live hopper mice? as i cant find anywhere where they would sell frozen....
That should be alright, you don't really want to jump right into larger sizes too fast. :) Live feedings are fine and safe as long as you monitor the feeding until the snake has the mouse securely in their coils.
Good luck! Let us know how things go!
Chuck: She was feeding it pinkies on the advice of a store before. We've been advising on how to move up prey size. :)
