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Re: newbie question
I second coldbloodedcafe. They have great packaging and good prices.
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Re: newbie question
i was hoping some company would make fake rats that had the perfect nutrition for snakes.
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My male banana morph is about a year old, I think. He is friendly like any other bp. A little more on the shy side as I had friendlier bps bit that is ok. The freckled do become more pronounce as it ages.
I would not feed anything larger than a small rat for adults males. Mine is finishing up his weaned rats which are only a few grams short of a small. Keep in mind that we always will overfeed our snakes in captivity. I don't remember if this is true but I even read that by overfeeding it, it can prompt a natural fast sooner than later. Either way, if you were to go medium, I would add an extra week in its feeding schedule.
And I use Big Cheese for my rodents.
Think of it this way: we eat chicken everyday. They make great pets too. But they make a great protein source for us as well over most red meat. Would you want to eat some weird mystery meat that is chicken shape? Probably not. That is just how things go.
Last edited by Cheesenugget; 12-31-2018 at 02:57 PM.
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Re: newbie question
Originally Posted by Cheesenugget
Would you want to eat some weird mystery meat that is chicken shape? Probably not. That is just how things go.
Burger King 10 chicken nuggets for a dollar...
LOL
and no, I would definitely NOT want to!
Last edited by zina10; 12-31-2018 at 03:17 PM.
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Re: newbie question
Originally Posted by zina10
Burger King 10 chicken nuggets for a dollar...
LOL
and no, I would definitely NOT want to!
Soylent Green crackers are better than those turds!
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my pets eat way better then me lol no wonder why im always broke and i also feed the strays cats on my street even thou i dislike cats im a mess lol
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Re: newbie question
Originally Posted by PitOnTheProwl
Nothing over smalls is really needed.
Most people keep their snakes fat....
My 500 gram eat small rats can’t imagine her being 2000 grams still eating the same size meal, i would consider that maintenance feeding.
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Re: newbie question
As they grow so should their meal size
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Re: newbie question
While I agree that prey size should increase as they grow, we should always take care not to over feed. If you are going to offer larger prey, then there should be more time between meals. Only Eli, my large normal male is offered medium rats, and those no more than every two weeks. I would say this works well as he’s very healthy and has been since I rescued him 26 years ago.
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Eli 1990 1.0 Normal; Buttercup 2015 1.0 Albino; Artemis 2015 0.1 Dragonfly; Orion 2015 1.0 Banana Pinstripe; Button 2018 1.0 Blue Eyed Lucy; Piper 2018 0.1 Piebald; Belle 2018 0.1 Lemonblast; Sabrina 2017 0.1 Mojave; Selene 2017 0.1 Banana Mojave; Loki 2018 1.0 Pastel Mystic Potion; Cuervo 2018 1.0 Banana Piebald; Claude 2017 1.0 Albino Pastel Spider; Penelope 2016 0.1 Lesser
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Re: newbie question
Originally Posted by Dianne
While I agree that prey size should increase as they grow, we should always take care not to over feed. If you are going to offer larger prey, then there should be more time between meals. Only Eli, my large normal male is offered medium rats, and those no more than every two weeks. I would say this works well as he’s very healthy and has been since I rescued him 26 years ago.
I totally agree
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