Doesn't Want To Eat...

[FlowerKez]

Carpets can surprise you with how large a prey that they can take. I’m not saying to throw caution to the wind on Carpets, but it’s ok to experiment within reason. If the prey item IS TOO big then she will regurgitate it. Not good, but not devastating either. All 3 of my Coastals are 8 footers and take XL/Jumbo rats.

My Jungles are 7 or more feet long and take large rats. However my female is a bit like Xena. She still begs for hours after her meal. And basically stays in hunting mode until her next meal 3.5-4 weeks later. I am seriously considering moving her up to an XL/Jumbo to calm her down.

Just some food for thought. Remember, everything is is not engraved in stone. Guidelines are just guidelines, not hard fast rules.

You have some very beautiful snake's
Thank you for your advice and sharing your experiences! It's helped out a lot and definitely put it all into perspective for me! I think I forget how robust snake's can be! It took me all my time to start feeding Xena the large rats as I was so worried about the size comparison of her tiny head to the big rat (she hasn't got the bulky carpet head of an adult yet!)
I'll stop worrying so much now and won't offer food for another 3-4 weeks and see how she goes!



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