Recent adoption: feeding issue

[JbirdAg96]

About 2 weeks ago I adopted Zeke from an old high school friend of mine. Zeke is 13yrs old. Upon getting him, I though to myself "He doesn't appear as big as he should be" I was told he was fed 3 small/med mice every 2 months. This struck me as "not right". He was fed the 3 mice the day I got him. However, I fed him 2 small rats last Friday and plan on doing that once every 10-14 days. Does that sound like a good "diet change"? The rats are live for now, but I'm hoping Zeke will change over to F/T without problems.

[Jenn]

Sounds like old Zeke is in good hands now. If he's taking two small rats maybe you could just go with one medium size rat. How big is he?

[Jenn]

Just one word of caution. When underfed snakes finally start eating properly they tend to strike at anything that moves for a few weeks!

[Jenn]

WOW I just noticed your avitar!!! Is that a lenticular?

[JbirdAg96]

LOL...yeah, I know now they will strike at just about anything. Got a little love tap on one of my fingers while feeding him.

In regards to his size, his widest diameter is close to 3inches...maybe just a bit more. I don't have the means to weigh him yet.

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[grim reaper in NY]

One thing to keep in mind with a snake that old is that it might be a bit harder to get him to swap over to F/T rats. Don't be surprised if he doesn't go for the F/T thing at his age. Sounds like you got a decent snake on your hands though. I wish I could get all of mine to eat like that. Sheba is the only one that is eating with any sort of regularity. The others are off-feed now but I just keep trying each week.

[JbirdAg96]

Thanks Grim....that's what I'm fearing. I'm hoping to get a couple of F/T rats this weekend to test out his reaction to them.