is this too much

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Originally Posted by reptileherp_19

ok let me ask a nother ? how big do they have to be to eat a small rat

because i have a three foot retic and i was told to feed her mice or rat pups till shes at least 5 foot,,,, and adult mice that is

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That's just wroooong!!!
My 3" ball python eats medium rats
Your retic should be eating at least a small rat, if not a couple

My male tic is just at 5' 7 months old.....he eats small rats

I have two sisters to Pat's boy and they are around 6' or 7'. Currently I'm feeding them one adult rat once a week. Tics can eat very large prey for their size and they have a high metabolism. I would never consider feeding them mice. My girls seem a lot calmer when well fed. It would take a good 10 adult mice to get my girls right.

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Originally Posted by PythonWallace

Where's RKO? :D

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Here!

From what I can tell, I would say that snake is underfed. A properly fed retic has the potential to hit 10' in one year.

Double its size in about a month? Tell him to dream on.

New born retics have the potential to eat adult mice for their first meal. Even rat pups/weanlings. He is underfeeding that snake severely with mice at 4'. Retics are near 2' at birth/hatching.

Tell him to get small rats and feed it once every 5-7 days. After about a month. He can go to 1-2 small rats or a medium sized rat.

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Originally Posted by reptileherp_19

because i have a three foot retic and i was told to feed her mice or rat pups till shes at least 5 foot,,,, and adult mice that is

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A retic I previously owned had it's first 1 pound rabbit before she hit 6'. Three foot retic, feed it weaned/small rats.

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Originally Posted by reptileherp_19

i dont know i want to have a big snake but i dont want to over feed it or any thing but i would think to have her breeding size by next winter....

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Originally Posted by AndrewGeibel

You aren't most likely going to be able to get a female up to breeding size/age by next year. I think it would be best to wait another season.

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A 3' retic will not reach breeding size next year. Retics are nothing like ball pythons that you can breed at 18 months. Retics make YOU wait. Usually they wont breed until they hit 3-4 years old.