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Feeding Question
To start Peteys living quarters are spot on with heat, humidity, size , hides, etc. He has been an aggressive feeder since a week after I brought him home at 94 grams. Now in about 6 weeks hes at 146 grams. I started him out on mice pinkies then moved to mouse fuzzies and now med adult mice. He is eating every 3 to 4 days and would eat 2 med adult mice if I fed them to him. I have ordered rat fuzzies that will be here on Wed just to see if he will take the rats as good as the mice. Should I feed him 2 at a time if he wants them or keep him at 1. I may should have went with pups or weaned rats but I didnt wont to take the chance he wouldnt take them. Also he hasnt had a poop since I brought him home 6 weeks ago, I have even give him a soak to see if he would. He has even had 1 shed and still hasnt pooped. Should I be concerned or am I not feeding him enough. I'm a noob to snakes and I just want to make sure he stays in good health.
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Re: Feeding Question
 Originally Posted by killbee
To start Peteys living quarters are spot on with heat, humidity, size , hides, etc. He has been an aggressive feeder since a week after I brought him home at 94 grams. Now in about 6 weeks hes at 146 grams. I started him out on mice pinkies then moved to mouse fuzzies and now med adult mice. He is eating every 3 to 4 days and would eat 2 med adult mice if I fed them to him. I have ordered rat fuzzies that will be here on Wed just to see if he will take the rats as good as the mice. Should I feed him 2 at a time if he wants them or keep him at 1. I may should have went with pups or weaned rats but I didnt wont to take the chance he wouldnt take them. Also he hasnt had a poop since I brought him home 6 weeks ago, I have even give him a soak to see if he would. He has even had 1 shed and still hasnt pooped. Should I be concerned or am I not feeding him enough. I'm a noob to snakes and I just want to make sure he stays in good health.
my smallest ones are around 120 grams, and they each eat 1 three week old rat pup (weighing about 40g each) hope this helps
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Re: Feeding Question
Your snake could eat small adult mice or rat pups. Fuzzies are really to small. Your snake will poop when it is ready, so no worries. When they are this little they absorb all the nutrients from their food.
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