Offering more food? (at same feeding)

[sbit]

I have offered 2 rats at a time to a baby cause they grow so fast I had lots of pups still But as has been recomended I would up the Prey size and try to get rats if you can. Some snakes will only eat mice and you could end up feeding 2-3 mice per feeding and I think one rat is a lot easier. I would invest in a scale if you don't alredy have on and get a good weight on your little guy takes a lot of guess work out of what to feed. As a rule I like to feed 10-15% of body weight every 5 days till they are abour a year old or 650-700 Grams. Then I move to a weekly or bi-weekly depends on how the snake eats.

Hmmm are rat pups bigger or smaller than mice hoppers? If they are bigger that might be a good thing to transition him on...

Yeah it definitely seems much easier to just feed one and done, especially since so far he's been good about eating.

I'm off to get that scale now! Thanks!

[RestlessRobie]

Here is a generic scale of aprox weight of prey
I would also look for a local breeder or supplier of feeders I just think they have better quality rodents for the most part than those offered in most CHAIN pet stores Plus they are usually a lot cheeper I pay about $1.25 for small rats and price goes down from there
MICE
Sm. Pink 1-2 grams
Lg. Pink 2-4 grams
Peach Fuzz 4-6 grams
Fuzzies 5-8 grams
Hoppers 8-12 grams
Sm. Mice 11-16 grams
Med. Mice 15-24 grams
Lg. Mice 24-28 grams
XLg. Mice 30 grams+

RATS
Rat Sm. Pink 3-8 grams
Rat Lg. Pink 5-12 grams
Rat Fuzzies 10-20 grams
Rat Pup 20-30 grams
Rat Wean 30-45 grams
Rat Sm. 40-80 grams
Rat Med. 80-150 grams
Rat Lg. 140-200 grams
Rat XLg. 190-250 grams

[WifeOfSlasher]

I bow down to restlessrobie! I've been trying to find a list of mouse weights. Now I have an approximation for switching our boa to rats

And I agree... Where's the pics! lol

[sbit]

Here is a generic scale of aprox weight of prey
I would also look for a local breeder or supplier of feeders I just think they have better quality rodents for the most part than those offered in most CHAIN pet stores Plus they are usually a lot cheeper I pay about $1.25 for small rats and price goes down from there
MICE
Sm. Pink 1-2 grams
Lg. Pink 2-4 grams
Peach Fuzz 4-6 grams
Fuzzies 5-8 grams
Hoppers 8-12 grams
Sm. Mice 11-16 grams
Med. Mice 15-24 grams
Lg. Mice 24-28 grams
XLg. Mice 30 grams+

RATS
Rat Sm. Pink 3-8 grams
Rat Lg. Pink 5-12 grams
Rat Fuzzies 10-20 grams
Rat Pup 20-30 grams
Rat Wean 30-45 grams
Rat Sm. 40-80 grams
Rat Med. 80-150 grams
Rat Lg. 140-200 grams
Rat XLg. 190-250 grams

Wow, thanks for posting this! That's very useful. *bookmarks*

[sbit]

Okay I hope this works! *crosses fingers* Here are some pics!

On the day I brought him home


Checking things out


Posing (he came over to investigate the camera!)


No idea what the heck he's doing here but he does it a lot!

And these are from today before I weighed him (95 grams btw!):


I think he's going into shed? He's pretty dark so it's a bit hard to tell, but he's sort of bluish looking from an angle. Been trying not to handle him unless I have to.

I thought about posting about him in the "Is this a morph" forum, haha. I know he's probably a normal but he's just so pretty, I think he's ~speshul~ He's just too cute imo!

[Mike41793]

I bow down to restlessrobie! I've been trying to find a list of mouse weights. Now I have an approximation for switching our boa to rats

And I agree... Where's the pics! lol

If you want you could print out these charts on layne labs website: (on bottom of page, scroll down)

http://www.laynelabs.com/frozen-rats

http://www.laynelabs.com/frozen-mice

I hope these help

[PitOnTheProwl]

Love his black dorsal!!
Rat fuzzies or small mice should be good.
Just dont buy huge amounts because he will grow quick.

[RestlessRobie]

Thanks for posting pics baby PB'S are so cute well at least cute to me

[sbit]

If you want you could print out these charts on layne labs website: (on bottom of page, scroll down)

http://www.laynelabs.com/frozen-rats

http://www.laynelabs.com/frozen-mice

I hope these help

Ooooh, thanks for the link! (And that's soooo much cheaper than the pet store too...hmmmmm.)

[sbit]

Love his black dorsal!!
Rat fuzzies or small mice should be good.
Just dont buy huge amounts because he will grow quick.

Thank you! I can't lie, I think he's a handsome fella.

Thanks for posting pics baby PB'S are so cute well at least cute to me

You're welcome! Thanks for enjoying them...honestly...everyone I know thinks I'm crazy but I think baby BPs are adorable and can't resist showing off pics. (I forgot to mention his name before - Anon.)

Oh - one last pic!


Eating a small mouse. He'd climbed up on his branch to bask by the time it was ready, so I tried to lure him down with it on the end of the tongs. He was so excited when he caught sight of it that he struck right away and just sort of unspooled to the ground. He ate it completely with his tail still curled around the branch!

Thanks everyone for all your help!