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    Couple quick questions

    I have a 7month old female spider bp.
    I feed her a rat pup once every 7 days, approx 10-15% of her body weight. Is once every 7days enough, or at her age should I be feeding her more frequently?

    A less important question, I am making an online order and get free shipping if I spend more than 200$. I don't know what else to get besides 2 identical exo-terra hides. What size would be appropriate for a full grown female bp?

    http://www.exo-terra.com/en/products/reptile_cave.php

    Those are the ones I am looking at. I am deciding between the large (9'' x 11'' by 2 1/2'' tall) or the xlarge (11'' x 11'' by 4 1/2'' tall) and was wondering which size would be more appropriate for a full grown female bp

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    Re: Couple quick questions

    It is enough, some people will feed younger balls every five days but, IMO, a 5-7 day feeding schedule is great. For the hides, I'd get the bigger one but stongly advise against using it untill your ball growns into it. They prefer hides that provide contact on all sides and a hide of that size is much to large for a juvenile. In the mean time just use something of adequte size that only has one opening.
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    Yes I will be using it once she is full grown. I have plastic hides of varying sizes until she is full grown and then I will use non plastic, exo-terra ones.

    Thanks for your speedy reply!!

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    Re: Couple quick questions

    Quote Originally Posted by spider_ball View Post
    I have a 7month old female spider bp.
    I feed her a rat pup once every 7 days, approx 10-15% of her body weight. Is once every 7days enough, or at her age should I be feeding her more frequently?

    A less important question, I am making an online order and get free shipping if I spend more than 200$. I don't know what else to get besides 2 identical exo-terra hides. What size would be appropriate for a full grown female bp?

    http://www.exo-terra.com/en/products/reptile_cave.php

    Those are the ones I am looking at. I am deciding between the large (9'' x 11'' by 2 1/2'' tall) or the xlarge (11'' x 11'' by 4 1/2'' tall) and was wondering which size would be more appropriate for a full grown female bp

    Thanks
    at 7 months old she should be eating more than a rat pup once a week at least a full grown mouse, mine are eating small rats every six days at that age. Also youll want to get hides that are snug and cozy for the ball python you are getting them for maybe just a little bigger and replace them with bigger ones as they grow.
    Last edited by Domepiece; 02-11-2012 at 09:35 PM.

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