Are we feeding too much?

[Angelique]

If we took the weights, lengths, feeding dates, deification and urates dates, feeding dates, weight and number of food items offered for snakes that regulate themselves. Included husbandry data and enclosure type and size. We might be able to get a good idea of how much mass a BP should consume weekly. It would then be pretty easy to look at our individual schedules, prey types and decide if we need to make adjustments. If you are comming out low then you take a day of your schedule or add a day and offer another food item, or offer larger food items if you can do that.

Someone needs to apply for that grant.

Here is another forum that did a study on regular vs irregular eaters. I will note that the sample size was VERY small, but it still sheds some light on the issue. They deal with the weights, length and age relationship in BP. (Note: If we already have an obese population, these values are above where they should be, but it still gives us an idea of captive breed population).
http://www.fororeptiles.org/foros/sh...1947#post11947

Skip to the charts if you don't want to read all the details, or you can always use an online translator.