Large adult coastal feeding schedule
Hello all, I have a 2011 male coastal from Nick Mutton that is my largest snake. All of my other carpets are small locality animals that have settled into a consistent feeding pattern and have maintained nicely over the years. This guy is 8' plus and slightly thicker than a beer can. He would also eat said beer can if I glued some hair to it. He is in great shape and active but seems CONSTANTLY hungry. He gets a large rat every 2 weeks now with the occasional mouse that the balls don't eat. I have been keeping for many years but my other large snake is a male boa and carpet's metabolism is much faster. If he was YOUR snake, just a pet and not a breeder, what would your feeding regimen be? As stated, I don't have any other snakes of his size and was just curious of other carpet keepers opinions. Thanks!
Re: Large adult coastal feeding schedule
I think a large rat every 10-14 days is pretty good. Especially if he's getting a snack occasionally. There are other keepers that feed less frequently but that's my schedule for adult carpets.
Re: Large adult coastal feeding schedule
If it was mine I would do medium every 7 or 10 days or large every 10 to 14 days.
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Large adult coastal feeding schedule
I have a male and female Coastal the same size as yours. I feed them both an XL rat every 21-25 days.
I found that they were cage/hunger aggressive on smaller prey with a shorter schedule.
Of course they will eat more if offered, but they are reasonably content with this regimen.
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Re: Large adult coastal feeding schedule
Thanks for the replies. I will stick to the current regimen as my boa also eats large rats so it is easier to just deal with the one size for the two big boys. The coastal isn't only my largest snake, he has by far the most "personality". So much so that I really don't have anything to compare him to and wanted to make sure I was on point. Thanks again.