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    Re: HUGE prey switch! How I did it..

    Quote Originally Posted by Annarose15 View Post
    So, hopefully someone else will chime in here as well, but I believe what you're calling piggybacking is also the definition of power feeding. The snake doesn't have the choice to refuse a double meal. I'm assuming that you're feeding much smaller meals when doing this so your BPs don't get overfed, but didn't want others to consider this a healthy way to get their BPs to eat more.
    Quote Originally Posted by Evenstar View Post
    This is not power feeding. First, I assume the prey sizes are a bit smaller than normal but even if they aren't... Second, there is no increase in the frequency of the feedings. Third, the "double feeding" is only short-term temporary until the snake takes the f/t rat. Fourth, as soon as the snake takes the f/t rat on the first attempt, the prey size is normal and appropriate. Fifth, the OP is not doing this to increase his BPs' weight/size, he's doing it to switch them off of ASF which is a whole other ball game.
    This IS the same method as power feeding. As I stated in my first post, however, I made my comments with the assumption that the OP was feeding smaller prey items so as not to over feed, and that my only concern was for others to be aware that this is not an acceptable method for feeding extra (i.e. weight gain), which I acknowledged was not this situation here.
    Last edited by Annarose15; 12-31-2011 at 11:27 AM.
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