Determining proper prey size...

[Homegrownscales]

My big big girls get a rat that is around 200gs. But they are 3000-4000g. I classify 200g rats small mediums. That's the largest ill go. Everyone else usually gets weanlings.


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[VEXER19]

My big big girls get a rat that is around 200gs. But they are 3000-4000g. I classify 200g rats small mediums. That's the largest ill go. Everyone else usually gets weanlings.


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Now that's some big girls...lol

[The Mad Baller]

I feed according to the individual snake. Some of my girls have voracious appetizers and if I feed them small rats in a few days seem starving and are ready to strike as soon as you open the tub therefore these girls get larger rats. I have other girls that don't like bigger rats and will shy away from them so they get smaller rats. I don't have a ton of BP's (just 20) but out of my say 2009 girls the ones that eat the larger rats are 300-500grams bigger than the ones that eat smaller rats. I have a 4189 gram normal ( I weighed her today) who is a super aggressive feeder and eats every week never missing a meal whom once in awhile I'll feed her a jumbo retired rat breeder and she eats them like nothing.. She had a 13 egg clutch for me last year..

[Andreass]

Large animals including 3500 grams animals do not need large preys to thrive.

In general I feed hatchlings and juvies a prey = their girth size without ever feeding anything larger than 120 grams rat even to my largest adults.

Can they take down larger preys? Yes, do they need to? No

May I ask the weight of your largest adult(s) ? I remember Adam Wysocki feeding adults around 50 grams a week. I' m convinced that feeding smaller prey items results in more consistence feeding and better results in long-term. But 50 grams seems me a bit low, while 200 grams seems to much.
So i wondered what your results are with this +- 120 gram rule. Do your adult females that you use for breeding still grow over the years with a 120 gram prey. And do you feed more before breeding season?

Thanks in advance.