Feeding frustrations!!!

[dakski]

Looked at pic and saw updates to thread. She looks good to me.

I agree with what's been said and my initial thought.

Small rats should be fine, but I would offer every 2 weeks. I would plan to stay on small rats indefinitely - unless she gets huge and/or starts losing weight on small rats - very unlikely.

I feed Shayna, my 8 year old, 2kg, female BP, a small F/T rat every 2 weeks and she eats like clockwork except during her 4-5 month winter fast (which is totally normal for many BP's). When I offered her mediums, she would often skip meals and and wasn't as enthusiastic an eater. With the small rats every two weeks, she went from 1.7kg to 2kg in two years and pounds her food.

I tell many people how efficient BP's, and really snakes in general, are. Less is usually more. Remember, a captive BP probably is more sedentary then a wild BP, and in the wild BP's primary prey is African Soft Fur Rats (ASF Rats). An adult ASF rat is about the size of a small rat you would get from any reputable rodent supplier (60-90G).

Good luck and keep us posted.

[Zincubus]

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Yes thank you! did it work?

That’s a stunner


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[Zincubus]

So I’ve had my bp for a little over a year and she has always been a fantastic eater- switched her to FT without any problems. But recently, (since the new year?) she has been refusing food about every other feeding or so. I was sort of starting to get worried but the last couple feedings she’s been back to her normal self. Well, I just went to feed her again last night (I offer a ft rat about every week) and she struck it and I thought that’s great she’s going to eat it. Come to find out I open her tub this morning and the rat is still there- she never ate it! What the heck? I’m not sure why she’s become more of a finicky eater she always used to be ravenous...of course double checked husbandry and I don’t think that’s the issue- (I have her in a breeder rack with hot spot of ~90 and rt ~78 deg F, humidity around 60%)

Any ideas why this is becoming a trend? Has anyone experienced similar? What can I do to get her back to eating consistently the way she used to?

thanks so much for any input!

Hi

When they get to around this age many of my Royals simply prefer to be fed every 10 to 14 days ..

There will be the odd one around that will eat every day if you offered though




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[Hazz332]

Wanted to give an update! She ate this week, I was a little nervous because the rat seemed rather large for a small adult but, glad to see it was gone when I checked back after she struck. Yay!! I also weighed her recently and she was close to 750g.

[Zincubus]

Wanted to give an update! She ate this week, I was a little nervous because the rat seemed rather large for a small adult but, glad to see it was gone when I checked back after she struck. Yay!! I also weighed her recently and she was close to 750g.

Excellent


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