» Site Navigation
4 members and 2,140 guests
Most users ever online was 47,180, 07-16-2025 at 05:30 PM.
» Today's Birthdays
» Stats
Members: 76,060
Threads: 249,212
Posts: 2,572,733
Top Poster: JLC (31,651)
|
-
Feeding Schedule and Feeding Question
I have several baby ball pythons (220g, 200g, and 130g). Right now, they are all being fed 10-15% of their body weight every 4 days with the exception of the 130ger. She's a mouser and eats an adult mouse (roughly 20g-25g). The other two get fed 2 rat fuzzies (the one who only eats live is scared of anything that moves more than fuzzy rats). I'm trying to use up the frozen fuzzies that I have before moving onto my bag of rat pups (I've got roughly 8 more fuzzies left). When do I need to change their feeding schedule to a 5 or more day schedule. Both eat like clockwork. The 220g is a female that I would LIKE to breed next fall so I'm trying to get her up to weight at a fast but healthy pace. She was a rescue and was born late 2011 but when I got her in July, she was only 44g...so she's a lot older than she appears. The 200ger is a male who will have a date with a pastel as soon as he's over 500g...so I want him to grow at a fast but healthy pace as well. What's a good feeding schedule? I've been roughly basing my feeding on this: http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...ging_chart.jpg
For my feeding question, the male is currently eating live rat fuzzies. Like I said above, he's scared of the rats that have their eyes open and really move around. Is there a way I can break that? Ideally, I'd LOVE him to be on F/T but he never has any interest in F/T that I offer him. However, I'll toss in a couple of live rat pinkies or live rat fuzzies and he gobbles them up no problem.
Last edited by BHReptiles; 10-16-2012 at 12:46 PM.
Reason: Forgot to add some additional information on the female
-
The Following User Says Thank You to BHReptiles For This Useful Post:
nucklehead97 (11-12-2014)
Posting Permissions
- You may not post new threads
- You may not post replies
- You may not post attachments
- You may not edit your posts
-
Forum Rules
|