advice please

[deathfromabove]

i think i messed up, i feed my bp live mice in his enclosure. i fed him on tuesday and today i went to give him water and as soon as i opened the top he came flying out of his hide in the s position ready to eat...i was scared to even grab the water dish. Ive never seen him be that aggressive before unless theres a mouse inside the tank. should i start taking him out of the enclosure to feed him? also since he ate on tuesday isnt it a little early for him to be looking for another meal?

[Skittles1101]

No, he's probably just hungry. Why don't you try feeding him again? He may need a larger prey size...

[deathfromabove]

hes like maybe 25-26 inches long about 3-4 inches around at the fattest part i give him medium sized mice, he sucks them down, a couple weeks ago i gave him a large mouse it took him almost 10 minutes to get it down so i figured it was too much for him and went back to mediums

[RestlessRobie]

No, he's probably just hungry. Why don't you try feeding him again? He may need a larger prey size...

X2 he sounds hungry I feed in my enclosure and havent had an issue that wasn't my fault

[Emily Hubbard]

It sounds like you need to up your prey size. 10 minutes is not a long time for a snake to eat. My snake is smaller than yours and she is currently on adult mice and I plan on switching her to rats within the next couple shed cycles, she is about to outgrow mice.

The prey should be as big around at the hips as the widest part of the snake. A lot of people underfeed because that size comparison looks so impossible, but it's not, snakes' jaws are amazing. I would say your snake has long outgrown mice.

I feed in the enclosure too and I only get struck at if I reach in there on feeding day. I try to change water the day before I feed for that reason.

I suggest upping prey size. It is normal for them to take 10+ minutes to get food down. It should leave a little bulge too. My snake disappears for 2 days after she eats, crawls into her warm hide and sleeps it off, I won't even see her unless I crouch down with a flashlight. I don't even open the glass during this time, it is her private time. Remember to not handle your snake for 48 hours after it eats.

[Mike Schultz]

Not sure how old your avatar pic is but it looks skinny... feed it more!

[deathfromabove]

Not sure how old your avatar pic is but it looks skinny... feed it more!

yeah thats when i first got him back in may from a pet shop hes MUCH bigger now ill post a pick if you want

[deathfromabove]

It sounds like you need to up your prey size. 10 minutes is not a long time for a snake to eat. My snake is smaller than yours and she is currently on adult mice and I plan on switching her to rats within the next couple shed cycles, she is about to outgrow mice.

The prey should be as big around at the hips as the widest part of the snake. A lot of people underfeed because that size comparison looks so impossible, but it's not, snakes' jaws are amazing. I would say your snake has long outgrown mice.

I feed in the enclosure too and I only get struck at if I reach in there on feeding day. I try to change water the day before I feed for that reason.

I suggest upping prey size. It is normal for them to take 10+ minutes to get food down. It should leave a little bulge too. My snake disappears for 2 days after she eats, crawls into her warm hide and sleeps it off, I won't even see her unless I crouch down with a flashlight. I don't even open the glass during this time, it is her private time. Remember to not handle your snake for 48 hours after it eats.

Ive seen adult mice and there alot bigger than him when it come to width i really dont see him eating it well actually i know hell eat it but its going to take him a while and i just dont feel right giving him that big of a meal im scared its going to hurt him, which i know is stupid to say cuz in the wild they dont pick what size prey they eat, but if something happened to him cuz i fed him something to big i wouldnt forgive myself, ive grown really attached to him over the last 7 months lol