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Thread: BP's Weight

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    BP's Weight

    Good day friends, my BP is 55-58 cm long, and her weight is 170 grams, do you think it's ok ? I feed him with 2 mice every week, the mice altogether weighed around 10-12 grams.
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    Re: BP's Weight

    Hi,

    It's difficult to say without pictures but you might be able to move up a size in mice to one that weighs about 17-25g.

    But a picture would definately help judge.

    The normal recommendation is 10-15% by weight or around the same size as his thickest bit.


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    Re: BP's Weight

    Oops, sorry, here's the picture of her





    Advise please..

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    Re: BP's Weight

    To me, she looks thin. I would offer more food.
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    Re: BP's Weight

    Hi,

    She looks like she could handle the bigger size no problems.


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    Re: BP's Weight

    i had a 50g bp that ate asf hoppers my 130g eats a large mouse and my 160g eats two large mice

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    Re: BP's Weight

    Thanks alot guys, can someone give me the approximate size of the mice and rats ? I kinda confused about their size, is it true that rats are bigger than mice ?
    As for my BP is it ok that she takes the meal 15 % of her weight but divided in say 3-5 mice ?
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