Adult Feeding Frequency?

[BuddhaLuv]

My BP is an adult male and I am just curious how often ya'll feed your adults?

I feed him 1 F/T medium rat every 12 days however sometimes he likes to stretch it to every 14 days. Someone here awhile ago suggested I try to get him to eat every 10 days or so. However, it seems he is never interested that soon. So am I right in thinking that he'll eat when he is hungry? Is it necessary to keep trying to offer it at the 10 day mark?

[blackcrystal22]

Feeding infrequently is not always a bad thing.

Sometimes maintenance diets are better for adults anyway, IMO.

[Vypyrz]

If he is eating consistently for you at 12-14 days, then stick with it, because it seems that you know he won't eat any sooner. I'm not sure how big or how much your Med rats weigh, but I am guessing they are a pretty good size for your BP. But, like I said, if he is eating and healthy, there is no need to change what seems to be working...

[muddoc]

If it helps at all, here is what we do.

We feed our adult females (considered as anything over 18 months) once every 7 days.

Adult males get offered food every 3 weeks. I have about 3 or 4 males in the 5 year old range that even though they are offered every 21 days, they only eat 4 or 5 meals a year. (these males are all breeders, and still do well during breeding season) I must say that during the height of breeding season, I try to offer meals to the males every 10-14 days.

Hope that helps,

[Stewart_Reptiles]

The way I do it is that I feed smaller preys more often.

I feed all my animals once a week, the rats are 4 to 6 weeks old (anything from 55 to 85-100 grams.)

Females get the bigger rats, males get the smaller ones.

Bottom line find what works for your animal!

[BuddhaLuv]

Thank you all sooo much! Looks like I will just maintain him where he is at then since he seems to be healthy and eating consistently at every 2 weeks.

Vypyrz- He is getting pretty big medium rats although I have never thought to actually weigh them on our scale. How much should they weigh? Tanveer himself is about 3.25 feet and weighs about 1300 grams I am guessing. I haven't weighed him in atleast 6 months. I almost put that he weighed 13000 grams THAT would be a big guy! He is a rescue so I have no idea how old he actually is.

Muddoc- Okay this is crazy! My dads name is actually Tim Bailey . Weird!

[muddoc]

Muddoc- Okay this is crazy! My dads name is actually Tim Bailey . Weird!

He must be a cool guy. LOL.