lol im glad you found him! in an intresting place too! and for food, go to petco and get the f/t mouse hoppers... i feed them to my girl and she is about 4 weeks old now. close to the same size as yours.
how often do you feed it those? I got my BP from Petco too. $29 PALS price
07-17-2009, 08:28 PM
Lolo76
Re: My BP escaped
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Originally Posted by Danounet
Lol I remember that post, She looked so cute inside that hole with her head and neck sticking out!! :D
LOL... yeah, real cute until I started taking apart the base-boards. :mad::P
07-17-2009, 08:29 PM
Lolo76
Re: My BP escaped
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Originally Posted by ssballow
I found my snake! Actually, I woke up this morning to, ''Steely, I found the snake!"
Yay!! :banana: They do love dressers, for some reason...
07-17-2009, 08:34 PM
Lolo76
Re: My BP escaped
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Originally Posted by ssballow
how often do you feed it those? I got my BP from Petco too. $29 PALS price
Do you have any options besides Petco? I go there for feeders when desperate, but it's not my first choice. At least with the one near me, they don't have actual "feeders," just pet mice/rats - which cost more and are usually the wrong sizes. I ended up having to buy SEVEN mice one time (since they didn't have any appropriate-sized rats), and it cost me over $20. :cool: Try to find an independent pet store or reptile specialist, if possible... otherwise Petco will do, or you can go F/T and order them in bulk online.
Oh, a hatchling BP should be getting 1 fuzzy/hopper mouse every 5-7 days... I only feed once a week, even with the young'uns. And you should be able to upgrade rather soon (2-3 feedings?), to either adult mice or rat crawlers.
07-17-2009, 08:39 PM
Lolo76
Re: My BP escaped
P.S. If you don't already have one, get yourself a digital (kitchen) scale! It makes things a lot easier, as far as keeping track of their growth and prey size. The general rule-of-thumb is to give them 10-15% of their weight in food... so for my 2000g adult, she needs to eat around 200-300g at each feeding. :gj:
07-17-2009, 10:17 PM
ssballow
Re: My BP escaped
Thank you so much, and I do have an analytical balance and quite a few triple beams. I teach 7th grade Science. I will make use of them. I want to get bulk online, but I bought some from Petco for the meantime.
