Feeding Frenzy!

Ok.... my bp just ate 3 mice in one week..... is this normal?

in one sitting? how big is your BP? how big were the mice?

why did you offer three mice at different times?(if they were at different times, otherwise ignore me:) .)

i feed her one fuzzy and one hopper....(i think hoppers are those which are two young to be breeding yet....) than the next day another hopper...

You only need to offer food once a week. As for the size of the meal, it all depends on the size of your snake. How big and how old a snake are we talking about? You want a prey item that is about the same girth as your snake, and does not leave a noticeable lump.

i think she is about 5-7 months old...

here are sum pix of her...

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f5...9/DSCF1232.jpg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f5...9/DSCF1230.jpg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f5...9/DSCF1458.jpg

lol she kinda looks like that long neck dinosaur in the last pic.... ^_^

What is she eating in that pic. It looks about the right size. One a week.

that one in the pic is the fuzzy.... after that i fed her a hopper.... then the next day i fed her another hopper

You are overfeeding her and asking for trouble. Listen to the advice given. Feed one appropriate sized prey item once per week.

Here's a link to RodentPro so you can compare what you are feeding to their sizes. It's not a good idea to offer prey on different days like that as the snake is busy digesting the first meal and is only partially done that process 24 hours later. Best to just go with one appropriate sized prey each week then leave the snake alone for 48 hours to digest. If you feel the snake needs more than one mouse then they should be fed on the same feeding night but that one prey item in your picture looked just fine for that size snake (at least to my eyes it did).

Like most have written, feed an appropriate sized meal once a week. I was feeding my BP's rat pups every 7 days and just moved a few of them up to weaned rats. Overfeeding or feeding too large of a meal may cause regurgitation, not good.

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Originally Posted by ssscales

Like most have written, feed an appropriate sized meal once a week. I was feeding my BP's rat pups every 7 days and just moved a few of them up to weaned rats. Overfeeding or feeding too large of a meal may cause regurgitation, not good.

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Yep or trigger a fast, also not good.

Snakes undergo a drastic physiological change when digesting. Here's a good link to check out.... http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...02_python.html

Thank You everyone for the advice... now i know never to that again lol... she seems just fine.... she hasn't regurgitated... and its been about close to a week since that mistake...

All I can say is you are going to have a shedding snake soon!! :P

I was told not to feed Nag anything bigger than the width of his head. so does that mean I should get some slightly larger mice because his girth is a bigger than his head. He's eating fuzzies right now.

Not the head. Feed prey equal to the girthiest part of the snake..