Bigger feeds..Advice..

[lisa77]

Well Little Deebo has had 2 large fuzzies now for me..he was only fed Pinkies before I got him, so I wanted to work him up & now I have been advised he is able to feed on small mice.

I know its probably silly, but I wanted to check as although his body is big enough, his neck is so small ! this will be ok wont it !?

[kavmon]

most babies can take hopper sized mice with ease. i would get 4-5 steady meals in him before a switch.


vaughn

[lisa77]

ok thanks allot

[Freakie_frog]

Also I have been told that snakes can judge the size of a prey and want even try to eat it if its to large.

If this is wrong please someone feel free to correct me.

[elevatethis]

A lot of first-time snake owners are suprised at how large of prey items they can eat relative to the size of their head/neck. Its important to understand that these areas are designed to stretch in order to accomate a good sized meal.

[lisa77]

oh no I have had snakes for years..never a baby tho ! im a worrier & have to check everything time & time again so nothing goes wrong !

[rabernet]

Also I have been told that snakes can judge the size of a prey and want even try to eat it if its to large.

If this is wrong please someone feel free to correct me.

If you could see the picture of a poor baby ball python on another forum that was fed a medium rat - I would say it's not true. And the scariest part is they fed it live. And I DO mean - this was a baby ball fed a medium rat.

[JLC]

If you could see the picture of a poor baby ball python on another forum that was fed a medium rat - I would say it's not true. And the scariest part is they fed it live. And I DO mean - this was a baby ball fed a medium rat.

I'm glad I didn't see that....wherever it was.

[rabernet]

I'm glad I didn't see that....wherever it was.

It was easily 3 x the girth of the snake, maybe even 4 x. Joanna can correct me if I'm wrong - she's familiar with the poster (and the picture) - but I'm fairly positive it was live feed. Thankfully, there didn't appear to be any wounds, but the snake was definitely miserable looking.

[Grim91Z]

I wanna see this picture. How dumb can you be to feed a rat 3 times the size of a snake?