About feeding 2 mouses

Okay so I'm hearing a lot about people on this site feeding two mice at the same time...I'm just curious (in case in the future, my bp decides not to eat rats) how do you guys go about it? Do you tie the tales together :siamesetw, have the mice hug each other:carouse:, have the mice draw straws to see who goes first? Or does your snake just eats one after the other? :mouse2::mouse2:

Thanks!:imslow:

I feed a few of my snakes two mice, but not at once. When I thaw them out, I always take the one out to feed a certain snake, so the other mouse that's thawing does not get cold by the time my snake is done with the first one. I feed both of my BPs, Monty and Candice, two mice and I also feed my Corn and one of my King snakes two mice. If you wanted to feed your snake two, here is how I do it:
Thaw out all f/t mice until they are warm. Take one mouse out of the warm water, dry it off a bit with a paper towel, and offer to snake. I also will take out more than one mouse, but that's because I feed the other mice to each snake. I wait until one of the snakes are done, then I take out another mouse that's thawed out, dry it off a bit, then offer to the snake.

That's how I do it, just so the second mouse doesn't get cold by the time one of the snakes are finished with the first one I offered.

Delilah gets 2 (live) mice, since she hates rats. :cool: We just throw in whichever one I catch first, and wait for her to eat it... then we give her a few minutes to settle, and throw in the second. She usually takes the second one really quickly, or not at all - if it's still there in 10 minutes, chances are she's full. This is just my technique, but works okay so far!

I have a 3 to 4mo. old BP. Since I have had him, I have been feeding one prey item per feeding. Should I be feeding two mice? The last thing he ate was a large adult mouse. Should I offer him two hopper's instead?

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Originally Posted by jblaze

I have a 3 to 4mo. old BP. Since I have had him, I have been feeding one prey item per feeding. Should I be feeding two mice? The last thing he ate was a large adult mouse. Should I offer him two hopper's instead?

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No no no...large adult mouse is ok, my point was, that there would be a point that they will need to eat something larger than an adult mouse like a small or medium rat, and some snakes reject rats...so some people here tend to feed them two mices, I just wanted to know how they go about it...

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Originally Posted by Montie Python

Okay so I'm hearing a lot about people on this site feeding two mice at the same time...I'm just curious (in case in the future, my bp decides not to eat rats) how do you guys go about it? Do you tie the tales together :siamesetw, have the mice hug each other:carouse:, have the mice draw straws to see who goes first? Or does your snake just eats one after the other? :mouse2::mouse2:

Thanks!:imslow:

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LOL my female before i switched ti rast was anihilating 4 mice one afret each other

I just simple wait till she swallow first and realese second one after that third and fourth :):taz:

when is a reasonable time to start feeding 2 mice instead of 1?

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Originally Posted by Cashiscase

when is a reasonable time to start feeding 2 mice instead of 1?

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When one mouse is too small, try rats, and if they would rather have a mouse, feed two. The most important thing is to make sure your snake has time to readjust his jaw. Otherwise he could have a bad strike.

Make sure you are weighing snake, and prey. In my opinion over feeding is worse than underfeeding.

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Originally Posted by stratus_020202

When one mouse is too small, try rats, and if they would rather have a mouse, feed two. The most important thing is to make sure your snake has time to readjust his jaw. Otherwise he could have a bad strike.

Make sure you are weighing snake, and prey. In my opinion over feeding is worse than underfeeding.

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Is there like a ratio for snake to mouse for the weighting? Or basically you got to eye and compare mouse to snake?

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Originally Posted by Cashiscase

Is there like a ratio for snake to mouse for the weighting? Or basically you got to eye and compare mouse to snake?

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Yeah the mouse should be the same size as the thickest part of the snake...

You can also buy a scale, its a lot easier than the naked eye (due to human error)...you should feed your snake 10% of its weight...so for example if your snake weighs in 170 grams, you should find a 17 gram mouse for your snake...

Hope that helps...

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Originally Posted by Cashiscase

Is there like a ratio for snake to mouse for the weighting? Or basically you got to eye and compare mouse to snake?

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The mouse should be 10 - 15% of the snakes weight. You can eye it, and get the pray just slightly smaller than your snakes widest point. I don't think it's as accurate as just weighing. I bought a food scale off ebay for like $15, and free shipping. It really doesn't get much better than that :P

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Originally Posted by Montie Python

Yeah the mouse should be the same size as the thickest part of the snake...

You can also buy a scale, its a lot easier than the naked eye (due to human error)...you should feed your snake 10% of its weight...so for example if your snake weighs in 170 grams, you should find a 17 gram mouse for your snake...

Hope that helps...

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i know the mouse should be the thickest part of the snake, not that any stores sells scale in stores i would have to buy 1 online if i buy a scale i highly doubt they gonna believe im using it for my snake. I purchase my mice in petstores i cant weigh the mouse before i buy it so i just got to go wit eye.Thanks for the explaination.

Some of my mousers get 3-4 adult mice per feeding. I just drop in one at a time, then make rounds every 15-20 minutes, dropping in another mouse until they stop eating or until they have had all that I want to offer.

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Originally Posted by Cashiscase

i know the mouse should be the thickest part of the snake, not that any stores sells scale in stores i would have to buy 1 online if i buy a scale i highly doubt they gonna believe im using it for my snake. I purchase my mice in petstores i cant weigh the mouse before i buy it so i just got to go wit eye.Thanks for the explaination.

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I've actually brought my scale to the pet store, and they let me weigh the mice/rats before purchasing them... the hardest part was getting them to sit still, since I feed live. :D As for buying a scale, do you really care what they think it's for? There is nothing illegal about getting a scale, no matter what the purpose - so let them think what they want, LOL. For the record, though, MANY people buy digital scales (especially the larger ones) for weighing food and jewelry. ;)

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Originally Posted by Cashiscase

i know the mouse should be the thickest part of the snake, not that any stores sells scale in stores i would have to buy 1 online if i buy a scale i highly doubt they gonna believe im using it for my snake. I purchase my mice in petstores i cant weigh the mouse before i buy it so i just got to go wit eye.Thanks for the explaination.

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Haha, who's "they"? Parents? Anyways... I ordered my scale online and use it for my snakes and sometimes my feeders. Here is a link...

http://www.reptilebasics.com/My-Weig...l-p-16191.html

And by the way... Walmart does sell a digital cooking scale for about $30 that is similar to the one I linked you. I haven't tried it but it probably would work.

I bought my scale at target, but it wasnt even for the BP, I'm a health nut and go to the gym, and I like to measure how many ounces im getting to know the amount of carbs, and protein im getting, a little off topic


Now i use it to weight my snake, and mice... I do use a separate bowl for them...

I don't bring the scale to the petshop I just guess which size is good, when I get home I weight them then... the first 2 times, the mice were a little too small, but due to weighing them, i kinda know how big i need to get them by just looking at them, now I'm only off by 1 gram here and there...but i think thats okay...

Nonetheless, a scale is definitely recommended