Some insight please?

Just wondering what i should be feeding my 4ft - 4 1/2ft RTB? I feed him a Large Rat every ten days, maybe plus? But it seems that even after i feed him, right away he seems hungry still....

Thanks.

That sounds about right to me, but does that leave any noticeable bulge in him?

No, not at all...Never any noticeable buldge, always been a great eater.

But after his last feeding, right away he was looking up like some more was coming. Same with the next day, and then when i went to change his water, after opening the top he was just chilling there like he always does when about to eat, he almost caught my arm when i was puttin the water dish in.

He's healthy, always sheds clean, his dumps are normal. It just seems like he's still hungry though....

Then again, could there be a possibility that he may be going into shed, due to him always looking aware of what's going on, looking like he wants to feed?

Up his food size a bit and then just give him more time to digest then usual. As my boas mature I generally feed them a bit larger meals less frequently.

What do you recommend i feed him? I already feed him the largest rats available? Do i move to something else? or should i feed him 2 medium rats at a time?

I appreciate you helping me with this, thank you.

He's 4 ft and eating the largest rat you can get? They are probably a medium size then. Do you have pics? With a size reference?

Maybe it's just the largest rats that Petco has to offer i guess?

I'll try and take some pics in the next couple of days of both the snake, and a rat.

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I don't thing the pic of the rats will be necessary, lol. Just put him next to a soda can or a dollar bill.

Hi - I was hoping someone could explain the brown redish liquid I noticed on 9 month old ball python. He shed 2 days ago. I'm scare he may be sick

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Hi - I was hoping someone could explain the brown redish liquid I noticed on 9 month old ball python. He shed 2 days ago. I'm scare he may be sick

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Your hijacking this thread, if you have a question you should create your own topic instead of using this thread for your question without any sole answer or suggestion to the OP.

I was going to say.. are you sure those are Jumbo Rats?
The largest size I can find in frozen online are these boys.
http://www.themousefactory.com/rates...s/_r_jumbo.jpg

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Originally Posted by ladeeluc

Hi - I was hoping someone could explain the brown redish liquid I noticed on 9 month old ball python. He shed 2 days ago. I'm scare he may be sick

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Any one wishing to follow this up the OP has made a thread on it here.


dr del

Petco's Mice and Rats are much smaller than ordering the same size ones online. I ran out the other week and went to Petco as a hold me over untill the new ones came, the large rats from Petco where only about 3/4 the size of the ones I order.

I have a 5 foot rtb whom i feed one jumbo rat weekly. dont know if this helps, but she seems very content

im at the same point what i do for my boa is buy the meduim rat and a small rat on top of it and get a lil bit of a bulge but hes not hungry anymore. i was having the same problems with my 6 and a half footer.

How many grams do you guys consider a large rat? I have some jumbo rats that are over a pound each. To the OP do you know the weight the of the large rats you are feeding?