Odd BP behavior

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Originally Posted by Harri

Thanks. I agree and will increase to small mouse or weaned rat next feeding.

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As far as if she's being fed enough- we're not seeing her whole body- she might be on the thin side & need more food, so if you can post pics of her whole body (from above) we could better advise you too.

This might help:
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...f42b352b68.jpg

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Originally Posted by Bogertophis

As far as if she's being fed enough- we're not seeing her whole body- she might be on the thin side & need more food, so if you can post pics of her whole body (from above) we could better advise you too.

This might help:
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...f42b352b68.jpg

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I will post some when she comes out. She’s on the side of hide between hide and glass. I guess that’s hiding lol.

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Originally Posted by Harri

Thanks. I agree and will increase to small mouse or weaned rat next feeding.

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Late to the party, but that makes sense to me. I like to feed the largest (healthy) option. For your BP, that would be a small-adult mouse. NO JUMBO MICE. TOO Fatty.

Then I would switch to rats as soon as possible because BP's can get used to mice. If you want to go weaned rat now, that's fine too. However, I think an adult mouse (18-24g) has more nutritional value than a weaned rat, but not by a ton. Do you feed live or F/T? If F/T you can also be a little more aggressive on size of rodent. If feeding live, for safety reasons, I would recommend feeding smaller prey more often.

I would be feeding an appropriate sized rodent every 7 days to beef her up. Not more than that. When she moves up from weaned rats I would go to every 10 days. Once at a good size and on small rats I would feed every 2 weeks. I would also not recommend going bigger than small rats unless she gets huge. For reference, my BP, Shayna, is about 1.8kg and happily eats a small rat every 2 weeks. A little goes a long way once they are adults and they tend to skip meals or fast if offered too large a meal and/or too often. Shayna still usually fasts a bit in the winter, but does not skip meals otherwise, unless in shed.

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Originally Posted by dakski

Late to the party, but that makes sense to me. I like to feed the largest (healthy) option. For your BP, that would be a small-adult mouse. NO JUMBO MICE. TOO Fatty.

Then I would switch to rats as soon as possible because BP's can get used to mice. If you want to go weaned rat now, that's fine too. However, I think an adult mouse (18-24g) has more nutritional value than a weaned rat, but not by a ton. Do you feed live or F/T? If F/T you can also be a little more aggressive on size of rodent. If feeding live, for safety reasons, I would recommend feeding smaller prey more often.

I would be feeding an appropriate sized rodent every 7 days to beef her up. Not more than that. When she moves up from weaned rats I would go to every 10 days. Once at a good size and on small rats I would feed every 2 weeks. I would also not recommend going bigger than small rats unless she gets huge. For reference, my BP, Shayna, is about 1.8kg and happily eats a small rat every 2 weeks. A little goes a long way once they are adults and they tend to skip meals or fast if offered too large a meal and/or too often. Shayna still usually fasts a bit in the winter, but does not skip meals otherwise, unless in shed.

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Feeding her small mouse today. Then gonna try weaned rat in a week. I feed F/T and she’s a good eater so I assume it won’t be an issue. Keep y’all posted.