It's enough to make a person scream.

[carlson]

So due to unexpected expenses, one being my back tire on my truck exploding while driving. I have spent all of my money now no big deal cuz I don't need much and got everything I need but sadly my bp has to miss her feeding tonight cuz of it. Now I know most people have balls that go off feed for months but she's only refused once in the two years I've had her so I feel bad that I can't get any mice, she just started eatting two adult mice every week so I screwed up on my plaining and have no frozen (had the empty bag in there fooling me of coarse.) and no live ones to feed her so do you all think that since last Monday she ate two shell be ok for another week? Just trying to make myself feel a lil better bout the situation I guess haha anyone else had life grab ahold of their wallet and drain it. Sorry for the mini rant I tried too keep it short just noone else wants to listen to my problem feeding my ball haha so ive come to rant to my favorite community thanks for bearing with me everyone.

[crepers86]

yeah your ball will be fine skipping a meal thats what i like about owning snakes

[Flikky]

You've had her for 2 years and she's just now starting to eat 2 adult mice? Sounds a little too small to me but I tend to feed my guys a generous amount of food

[barbie.dragon]

2 mice? My 2 month old hatchling was feeding on 35-40 gram rats o.o
She gobbles up a 30 gram rat pup and was still hungry
I guess my snake is a piggie

[angllady2]

Yes, she will be fine if she needs to wait. Unlike a dog or cat, she won't starve in that amount of time. Although she might be especially enthusiastic about her next feeding time.

It does seem odd to me at two years she has only just now begun to eat two mice in one feeding. Was she a rescue perhaps? Or are you yet another victim of bad pet shop misinformation? Have you considered trying to feed her rats? If so, is there a reason why you couldn't ? Lack of supply maybe? I'd be very interested to find out more about her. Do you think you could share her weight and length with us? Maybe a picture or two?

I dislike passing judgement on cases like this, since if you are worried about missing her feeding for a week, it's obvious you care about her and are doing what you think is right by her. Perhaps with a little help, we can find a way to benefit you both when it comes to her feeding.

Gale

[carlson]

Ya I wasn't sure how much to feed her for the longest time and there's only a petco around here and they said one adult mouse every time I asked them, after getting more active on here I learned I should be feeding her more so I wanna say two months ago I started two per week. I'm in process of beginning to breed rats so ill switch her to them.

[carlson]

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It's a guess she's two years old ive had her for about a year and a half and petco said she was six months old. I admit lack of knowledge on my part, I just assumed listen to petco they know

[Slashmaster]

A snake that size would be eating small rats in my collection... as a general rule of thumb, feed a prey item that has a width at the hips as the snake's biggest point of width.

[carlson]

Once my rats start making babies she will be on small rats, the only store to get feeders at around here doesn't have small enough rats so I've been stuck getting mice.

[Chiz]

She is pretty.. And i hope this help.


I follow this guide. And feed my snakes once a week. Every monday they eat.






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