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    Re: How to prep frozen pinkies?

    Quote Originally Posted by seercirra View Post
    why shouldnt you feed pinkies to babies?
    i realise theyre small but surely feeding two or three is just as good?
    Pinkies are basically like eating mcdonalds. They have virtually no nutrients in them (just fat). They don't really make a good meal for a ball python.

    Quote Originally Posted by StormSerpent View Post
    Another reason is the size of the snake's digestive system. 2+ pinkies/fuzzies are much longer than one hopper, and the snakes stomach would not be able to handle that long of a meal, and could result in regurgitation.
    This isn't really true. the prey items won't just line up in the stomach like tetris blocks, they will overlap and move around. I once had to feed 4 prey items in one sitting (because I ran out of properly sized rodents) and everything went just fine. If that logic were true then there "wouldn't be enough room in the stomach".
    ~Steffe

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