Is she undernourished ?

[janejuwana]

Good day friends !!
Here's the latest pic of NiC my BP



She's 6.5 months old, 200 grams and 60 cm long, is she OK or should I feed him more often ? I feed him 3 mice totaling 18 grams, the pic was taken 2 days after her last meal



She's drinking

Regards
Jane

[stinker2009]

Well first of all is she a she or a he? You have mentioned both. Females are generally bigger than males. I'm just gonna assume female.

I personally think you are not feeding enough. I would stop with the three really small mice and start going for adults. Right now my girl is around 275 grams and she is only four months old. But growth rates vary so I dont know how much you should compare. Try and get adult mice that are around 10-15 percent of her body weight. If you could get a good 25-26 gram mouse that would be great. If she thinks they are too big then 20 would work too. Also, how frequently are you feeding her? Right now you should be feeding around every 5-6 days.

p.s. dont worry if you feel like a dork bringing your scale in to get weights of mice. If the people at the pet store look at you weird thats their problem lol.

[rabernet]

You're feeding 3 mice at 6 grams each to make a total of 18 grams of mice?

If so, why not just up her to one 20 gram mouse? I feed babies her size every 5 days.

[janejuwana]

Thanks to you all, well sorry for the typo , it's a she
I feed her every 5-6 days, the problem with rat is it's very hard to find here at my country , they generally only sell mice, mostly ranging from 6-8 grams each so I just buy mice for her, right now I try to put some weight on my mice stock ( i feed her live prey, well at least i knocked the mice first ).
Is there a problem beside taking longer time to feed her with 3-4 mice at a time ?
Regards
Jane

[unrezt]

Thanks to you all, well sorry for the typo , it's a she
I feed her every 5-6 days, the problem with rat is it's very hard to find here at my country , they generally only sell mice, mostly ranging from 6-8 grams each so I just buy mice for her, right now I try to put some weight on my mice stock ( i feed her live prey, well at least i knocked the mice first ).
Is there a problem beside taking longer time to feed her with 3-4 mice at a time ?
Regards
Jane

Don't quote me on this but to me it would make sense that a 20gram grown mouse would be healthier(because it is more developed) for your snake than three extremely small mice.

[CBI]

Have you thought about feeding her rats? At 200 grams she should be able to take a weaned or maybe even a small rat, much better for her and better growth response...

By the looks she doesn't look undernourished but at 6 months she could be bigger....

Good luck!

[mooingtricycle]

She looks healthy

[lillyorchid]

She looks good. May want to bump her up to an adult mouse though.

[janejuwana]

Thanks alot friends.., I'll start looking for the reliable rats supplier then, wish me luck, if there isn't any, I'll stick to mice then maybe I crank up the volume for her, from 3 to 5 adult mice.
Thanks !!
Regards
Jane

[seeya205]

Since you raise your own mice, you should order a breeding pair of rats online and start feeding rats! My bp is only 2 and a half months old. He is 146 grams and eating rat pups that are about 30 grams every 5 days just fine! I know thats over 15% of his weight but he seem to eat them just fine and he usually is waiting out of his hide on feeding days and grabs it in seconds!