How do you know when you can or should start pushing them out to 10-14 days. Rainbow gets hungry every 5-7 and I am thinking about pushing it out to 10 but she starts moving things around looking for food. I fed her Sunday and last night when I put her back in her hide, she started starring at me. Sunday feeding was 1 chick and 1 large rat. After about an hour she started looking around, I presume for food. She even lifted her water bowl up to see if anything was under it. Thankfully did not spill it. I take her out one side and feed from the other. She only goes to the feeding side when she is hungry. She was on the feeding side for 2-3 hours before going back into her hide. I have no aggression from handling but I am starting to back off on handling when she is getting hungry till feeding day. I have a couple of rabbits in the freezer and was going to offer tomorrow.
Thoughts?
Have this as reference but I also know not every snake is the same.
https://www.petmd.com/reptile/specie...culated-python reference....
How Much to Feed Your Python — Age and Size Matter
Hatchling reticulated pythons should be fed just-weaned baby mice for their first few meals before moving on to larger adult-sized mice. After your retic has eaten a few meals’ worth of adult mice, you can comfortably move to this all-purpose reticulated python-feeding regimen:
- From hatchling to 4 feet (1.2 m): Feed one or two appropriately sized mice every 3-4 days.
- At 4 feet (1.2 m) you can switch to medium rats before graduating to larger rats.
- From 4 feet (1.2 m) to sexual maturity (10 feet [3 m] in females, 8 feet [2.4 m] in males): Feed one or two prey animals every 7 days.
- By 6 – 7 feet (1.8 – 2.1 m) switch to 3-pound (1.4-kg) rabbits, increasing the size of the rabbit as your snake grows.
- From sexual maturity (appx. 18 months) to three years old: Feed one or two rabbits or equally sized prey animals once every week.
- From three years on: Feed one to two rabbits or prey animals every ten to fourteen days, adjusting your schedule depending on the snake’s overall appearance.