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Feeding Questions
I adopted my BP yesterday and they said she is eating F/T Hopper mice. Is a hopper mouse the same size as a size small mouse?
Last edited by AnnieHeart; 04-29-2018 at 05:13 PM.
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Re: Feeding Questions
No, a hopper is too small for your BP. BPs eat hoppers for the first 3-5 meals only and are ready for small adult mice after that.
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Yea as craig said, a hopper mouse is smaller than a small adult. How big is your BP? We'd be able to give your better advice based on that.
If you don't have a scale, then take a picture and use something for size comparison.
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Re: Feeding Questions
Originally Posted by craigafrechette
No, a hopper is too small for your BP. BPs eat hoppers for the first 3-5 meals only and are ready for small adult mice after that.
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She is 6 months old. Is that big enough for a small mouse?
I'm going to weigh her tomorrow, would that help with deciding what size?
Last edited by AnnieHeart; 04-29-2018 at 05:38 PM.
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Re: Feeding Questions
Originally Posted by AnnieHeart
She is 6 months old. Is that big enough for a small mouse?
I'm going to weigh her tomorrow, would that help with deciding what size?
Honestly, I was feeding rat pups well before 6 months.
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Craiga 01453 (04-29-2018)
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At 6 months she can no doubt take a small adult mouse.
Weighing her is handy too.
There are two basic rules of thumb regarding prey size for BPs.:
1) the prey item should weigh 10-15% of the snake's body weight
2) the prey item should be about the same girth as the snake's widest part.
Keep in mind these are general rules of thumb only.
Also, this changes a bit as they reach adulthood.
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Re: Feeding Questions
Originally Posted by Neal
Honestly, I was feeding rat pups well before 6 months.
They said they were starting to get her weanlings,I'm assuming the equivalent of a small mouse?
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Re: Feeding Questions
Originally Posted by AnnieHeart
They said they were starting to get her weanlings,I'm assuming the equivalent of a small mouse?
The problem with going off certain terms for stuff is that they may consider it something else. If they said weanlings, I'm thinking weaned rats, but that not may be the case. How big around is her thickest part?
Also if he's talking about weaned rats, that's larger than rat pups and well largrer than a small mouse.
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Re: Feeding Questions
Originally Posted by Neal
The problem with going off certain terms for stuff is that they may consider it something else. If they said weanlings, I'm thinking weaned rats, but that not may be the case. How big around is her thickest part?
Also if he's talking about weaned rats, that's larger than rat pups and well largrer than a small mouse.
I think it was weaned mice. In that case, would it be a small mouse?
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Do you think it's fine to go and weigh and measure her on her first day?
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