When do you feed your snake(s)?

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Originally Posted by Lolo76

Does this look like a hungry snake to you?

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Exactly what mine looks like when it's ready to swallow something, LOL! Hey, I like that background you have. Where did you get it from?

Makena is always happy on Wednesdays!

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Originally Posted by Patricia

Exactly what mine looks like when it's ready to swallow something, LOL! Hey, I like that background you have. Where did you get it from?

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Thanks! I got it at Pet Kingdom in San Diego... are you in that part of SoCal? If so, it's a fun place to visit - albeit a tad overpriced and questionable in their reptile care. :rolleyes:

Not that far south. I snapped some nice photos around Yosemite and Arizona that I thought of enlarging and using as the tank background.

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Originally Posted by Patricia

Not that far south. I snapped some nice photos around Yosemite and Arizona that I thought of enlarging and using as the tank background.

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That would be way cool! :gj: Toby's tank has the coolest dinosaur background, which I got at a store here in the Bay Area... if/when I switch to tubs, I'm going to miss having those pretty backgrounds.

I feed 2x a month, sometimes a little more or less, depending on the snake, but usually every 2 weeks or so. I didn't vote because there wasn't a "10+" option.

I don't have a bp yet, just a watersnake, but Levi gets fed once or twice a week, depending on the size of fish he gets. Once I get him on a diet with more uniform sized food, I'll probably be feeding him every four days. With him, I'm kind of playing it by ear since there's not much information on watersnakes online. He's growing, he's active, and hasn't had a bad shed yet, so I must be doing something right, lol.

my ballies havent reach their breeding weight but this is the plan...

baby balls till 400 grams - every 5-days. 1-3 mices. target an average increase of 40-80grams per mth.

400 grams till 700 grams - every 5-days, mices + baby rats. (switching to rat phase)

700 grams till 1000 gram - every 7days. 1-2 rats. target a weight increase of 80-120 grams per mth.

1000 grams till 1500 gram - every 7days. 2-rats

1500 grams - every 10-days, 1 and 2 rats alternate week.

Oh, this is the plan on females, males dont need to go 2-rats, as males can be breed below 1500-grams, but im targeting 1200grams on males.

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Originally Posted by EdShal

my ballies havent reach their breeding weight but this is the plan...

baby balls till 400 grams - every 5-days. 1-3 mices. target an average increase of 40-80grams per mth.

400 grams till 700 grams - every 5-days, mices + baby rats. (switching to rat phase)

700 grams till 1000 gram - every 7days. 1-2 rats. target a weight increase of 80-120 grams per mth.

1000 grams till 1500 gram - every 7days. 2-rats

1500 grams - every 10-days, 1 and 2 rats alternate week.

Oh, this is the plan on females, males dont need to go 2-rats, as males can be breed below 1500-grams, but im targeting 1200grams on males.

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Any reason you're looking to feed multiple rats? The main reason most people feed rats is because they get big enough to make a single meal.

7-10 days for me