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 What size prey should a BP that weighs 177g be eating?
My snake weighs 177 grams. He has been eating two hoppers once a week (and I usually alternate one week two and the next one) but I just went up a size to mice weighing 19 grams. Do you guys go by the 10% of body weight rule or 15%? 10% would mean the mouse is somewhere around 17 grams and 15% is somewhere around 26 I think? These numbers aren't anywhere close to one another so opinions would be appreciated!
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I don't generally go by any body weight rule, If the prey item is smaller around then the widest part of the snakes body it should be able to handle it.
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10-15% is just fine. It sounds like a huge difference but the fact is it's only 5%. You are feeding twice a week? Every 5 days is sufficient
Females: 0.1 fire; 0.1 sugar; 0.1 GHI; 0.1 pinstripe het desert ghost; 0.1 mojave spider; 0.2 mojave; 0.1 black pewter blast; 0.1 leopard pied; 0.1 champagne; 0.1 pied; 0.1 super pastel lesser; 0.1 pewter; 0.1 spider het pied, 0.1 bumblebee; 0.1 lesser; 0.1 spider; 0.1 normal; 0.3 het pied
Males: 1.0 het desert ghost; 1.0 pastel pied; 1.0 leopard; 1.0 black pastel; 1.0 enchi; 1.0 mojave; 1.0 cinnamon; 1.0 pied; 1.0 vanilla
Other species: 1.0.3 pacman frogs (sunkissed, super apricot, super blue, super lime green); 0.2 crested gecko; 1.0 hypo hog island boa; 0.1 normal boa; 1.0 rottweiler; 1.0 chihuahua
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No no not twice a week. Once a week but I feed two hoppers at a time every other week. On the off weeks she was only getting one hopper. A user on this site told me to double feed at a meal if the prey size is too small and the next one up is too big.
Last edited by Medusa<3; 05-29-2013 at 04:00 PM.
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Re: What size prey should a BP that weighs 177g be eating?
 Originally Posted by Medusa<3
No no not twice a week. Once a week but I feed two hoppers at a time every other week. On the off weeks she was only getting one hopper. A user on this site told me to double feed at a meal if the prey size is too small and the next one up is too big.
My bad, I was thinking you meant twice a week as in every like 3 days
Females: 0.1 fire; 0.1 sugar; 0.1 GHI; 0.1 pinstripe het desert ghost; 0.1 mojave spider; 0.2 mojave; 0.1 black pewter blast; 0.1 leopard pied; 0.1 champagne; 0.1 pied; 0.1 super pastel lesser; 0.1 pewter; 0.1 spider het pied, 0.1 bumblebee; 0.1 lesser; 0.1 spider; 0.1 normal; 0.3 het pied
Males: 1.0 het desert ghost; 1.0 pastel pied; 1.0 leopard; 1.0 black pastel; 1.0 enchi; 1.0 mojave; 1.0 cinnamon; 1.0 pied; 1.0 vanilla
Other species: 1.0.3 pacman frogs (sunkissed, super apricot, super blue, super lime green); 0.2 crested gecko; 1.0 hypo hog island boa; 0.1 normal boa; 1.0 rottweiler; 1.0 chihuahua
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What size prey should a BP that weighs 177g be eating?
Twice a week is fine for babies
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The reason I'm asking is because she skipped her first meal last night which is abnormal for her and I was wondering if maybe it was too big, but it seemed appropriate and she are the first adult mouse I gave her a week ago. I'm thinking she is going to shed soon ( hopefully) and then will be back to her normal self.
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Re: What size prey should a BP that weighs 177g be eating?
I would feed a rat pup no wider than the widest part of the snakes body every 3-4 days. Once your snake reaches about 300 grams you can slow it down to about every 5 days. Once mine hit about 700-800 grams they get fed every 7 days.
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Does anyone know if they have rat pups at petco? I dont think I saw any.
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I would say once a week, and feed about 10%, that's about 20 gram an almost adult mouse or small rat, remember it's always best, to use rats 
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