So excitied!...

[pitbulls4me]

My litte girl ate for me last night. It has been a week since she ate so I fed her last night and she took right to it. At the store she was force fed pinkies and I fed her a small mouse last night and she had no trouble with it at all. Took her a while to eat though but I figured she isn't used to the whole eating on her own thing.

Question though... because she is underweight and still kind of young should I feed her every 5 days or once a week?

[llovelace]

I would keep her on a 5 day schedule til she reaches 300 - 350g

[frankykeno]

Every 5 days and if you don't already own a digital scale you might want to look into getting one. They are one of the handiest herp keeping tools there is.

[Kaorte]

Great news! I would keep her on the every 5 day schedule. See, all she needed was some TLC!

[ScottyDsntKnow]

I have mine on a 5 day schedule too. Adult mice are fine for hatchlings so they should be good for you. I just weighed a f/t "large mouse" I got in a 4 pack from petsmart today before I fed it to Nyoka and it came in at 20g dead on if that helps any. Everyone says prey should be 10-15% the weight of the animal so a scale really would help. I got my scale from RBI and it is really nice, I suggest going through them if you can't find one locally or can wait 3-5 days for shipping.

[pitbulls4me]

I dont have a scale now but you can believe I will be picking one up here soon. About how much do they run? I know to get a digital scale. Would online be cheaper?

[JeffJ]

great news that she is eating.

you can get a scale relativly cheap at target so i have heard.

[MinLynn]

Our digital scale was bought at Wal-Mart for $20. I love it and it really has helped with deciding just how much and how often my snakes need to eat.

[tjones]

How much do you know to feed or how often? my bp is about 400 grams so how often and how much (big)???

[Kaorte]

How much do you know to feed or how often? my bp is about 400 grams so how often and how much (big)???

10-15% of its body weight every 7 days.