must be nice, my big male always goes off.Originally Posted by snakesRkewl
What's a winter fast
I'd actually start smaller. Royals are very efficient critters and during the fast the digestive system slows down a lot and starting it back up again with a big meal the animal doesn't get that much benefit from the extra food it just uses more energy. A small meal needs less energy and kick starts the juices flowing so to speak and eases the snake into eating again I'd say that the first few meals at about half size and twice frequency then increase to normal size and regular frequency. I have a 2100 gm male that I start after the fast with 90gm rats once a week for a few weeks and will then give him 120-140 gms and then to 200 or so once 2 weeks although I have been rethinking this lately to stay at 100-130 gm meals every 7 days and leave it at that, not sure of that yet but thinking on it.
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