How Many Mice/Rats Do You Feed Your Snake??

[Crazy4Herps]

It all depends on what I have on hand. I usually feed every two weeks. For Cu and the blood, it's either one med. rat, two small rats, or four mice every two weeks. Prospekt gets two mice every two weeks, and Zalma gets one. I know it sounds pretty confusing, but it works for my busy schedule and it keeps them healthy.

[Bruceweb]

Mine are all mouse feeders, doing well, generally I feed an ex breeder every 5 days, mine are all youngsters growing..have a few that are over 1000g so now trying to get them to take two once a week , I'm finding that if I leave them for an hour in between they will take another but will not if I offer as soon as they finish the first

[BrucenBruce]

By preference? One prey item per week. Sometimes I haven't got the proper size available, and sometimes someone turns down a F/T, but . . .

Yeah.

My son would feed off a half-dozen rat pups to one of his snakes every week, and there'd be none left for any other animals - now that girl's over 2,000 grams - but she's the only one ready to breed this year.

~Bruce

[Bruceweb]

By preference? One prey item per week. Sometimes I haven't got the proper size available, and sometimes someone turns down a F/T, but . . .

Yeah.

My son would feed off a half-dozen rat pups to one of his snakes every week, and there'd be none left for any other animals - now that girl's over 2,000 grams - but she's the only one ready to breed this year.

~Bruce

Hey this can get confusing..I'm Bruce,my boys Bruce too

[BrucenBruce]

Ever watch the old "Monty Python's Flying Circus"? LOL "I'm Bruce, this 'ere's Bruce, Bruce and Bruce..."

Like yourself, my son is the other half of "BrucenBruce".

And I'm 1/4 Scottish, on top of it!

Welcome, Bruce, and you too, Bruce!!

~Bruce

[Bruceweb]

Ever watch the old "Monty Python's Flying Circus"? LOL "I'm Bruce, this 'ere's Bruce, Bruce and Bruce..."

Like yourself, my son is the other half of "BrucenBruce".

And I'm 1/4 Scottish, on top of it!

Welcome, Bruce, and you too, Bruce!!

~Bruce

Hello Bruce & Bruce best wishes from Scotland from Bruce & Bruce..small world Lol!

[SnakeGirl3]

Since I've started feeding my snakes rat fuzzies/pups this year instead of mice, I've noticed a much better growth rate in them. Rat pups seem to give them better nutrition (rat pups have larger bones and internal organs than mice, which IMHO equals more nutrition). I've also noticed that while my baby snakes seem hungry on feeding day (laying in their hides with their heads sticking out) now that I've been feeding rat pups, they aren't starving like they seemed to be on mice (completely out of their hides and waiting with their heads at the front and top of the tubs where the food comes in at). I've also started breeding my own feeder rats.

Here's my feeding chart; I feed once every 7 days, regardless of snake age:
Hatchling-99 grams: Rat Fuzzy
100-249 grams: Rat Pup
250-349 grams: Rat Hopper (between pup and weaned)
350-499 grams: Weaned Rat
500-849 grams: Small Rat
850-1199 grams: Small Plus Rat (based on RodentPro.com, their "small" range is so wide that I've divided it into two groups, with the "Small Plus" on my feeders being the larger of RodentPro's range)
1200-2799 grams: Medium Rat
2800+ grams: Large Rat (and yes, I have 2 ball pythons that are on large rats)

[Bruceweb]

Since I've started feeding my snakes rat fuzzies/pups this year instead of mice, I've noticed a much better growth rate in them. Rat pups seem to give them better nutrition (rat pups have larger bones and internal organs than mice, which IMHO equals more nutrition). I've also noticed that while my baby snakes seem hungry on feeding day (laying in their hides with their heads sticking out) now that I've been feeding rat pups, they aren't starving like they seemed to be on mice (completely out of their hides and waiting with their heads at the front and top of the tubs where the food comes in at). I've also started breeding my own feeder rats.

Here's my feeding chart; I feed once every 7 days, regardless of snake age:
Hatchling-99 grams: Rat Fuzzy
100-249 grams: Rat Pup
250-349 grams: Rat Hopper (between pup and weaned)
350-499 grams: Weaned Rat
500-849 grams: Small Rat
850-1199 grams: Small Plus Rat (based on RodentPro.com, their "small" range is so wide that I've divided it into two groups, with the "Small Plus" on my feeders being the larger of RodentPro's range)
1200-2799 grams: Medium Rat
2800+ grams: Large Rat (and yes, I have 2 ball pythons that are on large rats)

Mine is simpler 100g to 1000g..exbreeder mice..works a treat for me

[Phantomtip]

Mine use to get a good sized medium rat a week at 2 yrs. Shes down to a small rat right now after not being fed for goodness knows how long. I will be getting her back up to eating that medium and possibly large rat a week. I don't feed mice either. Rats are more nutritional, and fill them better.

[MrLang]

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