Patsy's first meal with us.. (pic heavy)
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Congrats on your first successful feeding! It is always great when they eat.
That fuzzy mouse is a very small meal for that BP. They can take meals that are the width of the widest part of their body. You can see in the pics that the fuzzy was closer to the width of the narrow head & neck. Bump it up a size or two. I think my BPs were eating adult (but not jumbo adult) mice when they were about the same weight.
Re: Patsy's first meal with us.. (pic heavy)
Re: Patsy's first meal with us.. (pic heavy)
Congrats man, Great looking little pastel :salute:
Re: Patsy's first meal with us.. (pic heavy)
Looks l like Patsy enjoyed her meal. I agree with Casey though, Patsy could go up in prey size but it never hurts to start small with a new snake and see how it goes. To size a prey for a bp just compare her largest empty girth (not full of food or poop) to the largest girth of the prey item (for rodents that's their hips and butt area) and you're good to go.
Congrats on the successful feeding. :)
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kc261
Congrats on your first successful feeding! It is always great when they eat.
That fuzzy mouse is a very small meal for that BP. They can take meals that are the width of the widest part of their body. You can see in the pics that the fuzzy was closer to the width of the narrow head & neck. Bump it up a size or two. I think my BPs were eating adult (but not jumbo adult) mice when they were about the same weight.
Thanks and it was an experience. I am very new to feeding such a small little snake so I didn't want to get too big of a feeder and also didn't want to stress her out on her first feeding with us. She will be getting a rat pinky for her next feeding. I want to get her switched to rats and also F/T asap! Thanks for the input, all the advice is greatly appreciated :)
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llovelace
Congrats!:banana:
Lol, that banana is just too cute! Thanks :)
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frankykeno
Looks l like Patsy enjoyed her meal. I agree with Casey though, Patsy could go up in prey size but it never hurts to start small with a new snake and see how it goes. To size a prey for a bp just compare her largest empty girth (not full of food or poop) to the largest girth of the prey item (for rodents that's their hips and butt area) and you're good to go.
Congrats on the successful feeding. :)
Thanks so much for your advice and information. I'm so used to feeding my 6 ft boa so trying to pick out a feeder for her wasn't too easy lol. I'm goin to get her a rat pinky for her next feeding which should be perfect. I'm not so good at measuring her little body quite yet but I've been recommended that this should be okay. I want to get her switched to rats and also F/T asap so I was told this was the way to go. And thank you again, any advice is greatly appreciated.
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southernboagurl
Thanks and it was an experience. I am very new to feeding such a small little snake so I didn't want to get too big of a feeder and also didn't want to stress her out on her first feeding with us. She will be getting a rat pinky for her next feeding. I want to get her switched to rats and also F/T asap! Thanks for the input, all the advice is greatly appreciated :)
a rat pinky? You can go bigger than that. Get a rat that is the size of an adult mouse.
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mooingtricycle
a rat pinky? You can go bigger than that. Get a rat that is the size of an adult mouse.
You think?? I should measure her somehow. Like I said, I'm really new at this sizing game of feeders and I'm horrible at guessing sizes.
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What I used to do before I had my own mouse colony was compare the snake to either a part of my body (is she as big around as 2 of my fingers?) or a very common object that I can accurately picture even when I'm not actually seeing it (ie a soda can). That way, when I was at the store, I could mentally compare the feeder with the snake more accurately than I could by trying to remember how big the snake looks.
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kc261
What I used to do before I had my own mouse colony was compare the snake to either a part of my body (is she as big around as 2 of my fingers?) or a very common object that I can accurately picture even when I'm not actually seeing it (ie a soda can). That way, when I was at the store, I could mentally compare the feeder with the snake more accurately than I could by trying to remember how big the snake looks.
That's a really great idea, thank you so much :D
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I didn't know you got yourself a bp, Congrats!!!!! Its about time too! :D :banana::carrot::banana::carrot:
She is gorgeous! Congrats again on the feeding!
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Patsy looks like a happy camper smilen at u with the tale of the mouse hanging out lol.We have 2 balls 4 1/2 ft. male name candyman and 4 ft male name johnny rebel. we feed them lot bigger mice https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...2-9-09_009.jpg <~~~~candy man 5 yearsold https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...feb_18_002.jpg <~~~~ johnny cash 6 yearsold
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I didn't know you got yourself a bp, Congrats!!!!! Its about time too! :D :banana::carrot::banana::carrot:
She is gorgeous! Congrats again on the feeding!
Lol thanks hun. I didn't plan on getting anything at the show and was convincing myself not too the whole time, but then on Sunday I couldn't resist this little girl :D
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Aaaw they're so adorable!!! And thanks, Patsy is the start of a breeding project for me with many many more to come, but I'm taking it slow and learning as much as I can. Are they both still on mice?? That's a lot of mice to feed isn't it?? I've been told to go ahead and switch to rats asap.
