My BP is HUGE...why?

[Beeler68]

So my female BP was born July 5, 2014 so she's about 2.5 months old. She's already 175 grams!! That seems really big to me, but I may be wrong. She never ever misses a meal and is eating a large mouse every 5 days (no bulge). Is this normal? And where can I get rats that I don't have to order 100 of them? Haha

[Eric Alan]

Good growth for hatchlings can be 100 grams a month, so yes - you're doing it right.

[C2tcardin]

What have you been feeding it! LOL, just kidding. I have a female Enchi born July 3rd that's about the same weight as yours, so it seems reasonable to me that she would be this big.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

That's not huge, that is what can be expected with appropriated size meal every 5 days.

The more you feed the bigger they get in less time.

[Beeler68]

What have you been feeding it! LOL, just kidding. I have a female Enchi born July 3rd that's about the same weight as yours, so it seems reasonable to me that she would be this big.

Haha well leave it to the first time owner to think she's huge. Everything I read about average size with mice is at least 40 grams under her weight. I need to switch her to rats, but ordering them is so expensive for only one snake

[Beeler68]

What have you been feeding it! LOL, just kidding. I have a female Enchi born July 3rd that's about the same weight as yours, so it seems reasonable to me that she would be this big.

On a more important note...what are you feeding yours? I want to make sure mine is an appropriate sized meal, but diameter of the mouse and diameter of the snake are not easy to compare it seems. It's because I'm new to all of this, but I do want to be informed

[C2tcardin]

You should be fine with the large mice for now, you could also go with 2 medium mice per feeding. You could also look in your area for breeders, I have two that I know of around me so every week or two I drive over and grab a bunch of mice. I've been toying with the idea of breeding my own but I really don't have a very good place for them. My other challenge is that several of my snakes are still on weaned mice while the rest are on medium to large, so I need different sizes for everyone. Perhaps once everyone is on medium rats I'll reconsider breeding them.

[Beeler68]

You should be fine with the large mice for now, you could also go with 2 medium mice per feeding. You could also look in your area for breeders, I have two that I know of around me so every week or two I drive over and grab a bunch of mice. I've been toying with the idea of breeding my own but I really don't have a very good place for them. My other challenge is that several of my snakes are still on weaned mice while the rest are on medium to large, so I need different sizes for everyone. Perhaps once everyone is on medium rats I'll reconsider breeding them.

Do you know of any breeders in the Raleigh, NC area?

[C2tcardin]

I didn't realize you were close by. LOL

I don't know of any in Raleigh, if anyone does please feel free to let us know. The people I'm buying from are either in High Point or over by Winston-Salem. Both are just over an hour from me so it's not bad but certainly not convenient either.

[Beeler68]

I didn't realize you were close by. LOL

I don't know of any in Raleigh, if anyone does please feels free to let us know. The people I'm buying from are either in High Point or over by Winston-Salem. Both are just over an hour from me so it's not bad but certainly not convenient either.

That's not bad at all. How much do they charge you for what you get?