feeding too much? too little?

[cinderbird]

I would agree that you definately need to up the size to a medium sized mouse at least. I would be very surprised if he couldn't handle a normal adult mouse.

I have read that they get a whole lot more nutrition out of older mice then pinky's and fuzzies. (Don't quote me though because I don't know where I read it.)

as i quote you, lol.

I've been told that pinkie mice are basically sticks of butter nutritionally, which i guess makes sense. The more "formed" a rodent is the more nutritional value it has to your snake or something of that sort. I can't find a written reference for this though.

[Bleepr]

Take the widest part of the snake, add another half and thats your prey item. I keep him on mice for a while, but try to make the switch to rats, it'll be easier and more cost effectve in the long run.

[Mike Cavanaugh]

Take the widest part of the snake, add another half and thats your prey item. I keep him on mice for a while, but try to make the switch to rats, it'll be easier and more cost effectve in the long run.

normally I would disagree with this and say it should not be 1 1/2 times the diameter of the snake, it should be equal to the size of the fattest part of the snake.... But because this snake is so small, I would have to agree.

[gp_dragsandballs]

I would go with rats. Personally I believe that feeding 1 appropriately sized rat is better than multiple mice in a snake that size. A rat the width of an adult mouse usually has more body length than the mouse. If you want him/her to start growing, feed 1 rat a tiny bit wider than the fattest part of the pythons body every 7 days.