Vote for BP.Net for the 2013 Forum of the Year! Click here for more info.

» Site Navigation

» Home
 > FAQ

» Online Users: 921

0 members and 921 guests
No Members online
Most users ever online was 47,180, 07-16-2025 at 05:30 PM.

» Today's Birthdays

None

» Stats

Members: 75,905
Threads: 249,105
Posts: 2,572,111
Top Poster: JLC (31,651)
Welcome to our newest member, Pattyhud
Page 3 of 3 FirstFirst 123
Results 21 to 26 of 26

Thread: Any advice???

  1. #21
    BPnet Veteran The Serpent Merchant's Avatar
    Join Date
    10-15-2011
    Location
    Orlando, Florida
    Posts
    8,193
    Thanks
    1,504
    Thanked 3,300 Times in 2,344 Posts
    Evening is best as BP's are nocturnal, but anytime is usually ok. If you have trouble getting your BP to eat try feeding later and in the dark.
    ~Aaron

    0.1 Pastel 100% Het Clown Ball Python (Hestia)
    1.0 Coastal/Jungle Carpet Python (Shagrath)
    0.1 Dumeril's Boa (Nergal)

    0.1 Bearded Dragon (Gaius)

    1.0 Siberian Husky (Picard)
    0.1 German Shepherd/Lab Mix (Jadzia)

  2. #22
    BPnet Veteran AMBiEN22's Avatar
    Join Date
    04-22-2010
    Location
    United States!
    Posts
    293
    Thanks
    10
    Thanked 21 Times in 20 Posts
    I live only 20 minutes from NERD, and i have been their on multiple occasions. I will most likely be getting my males from there. Hope to be picking up a Fire and a Spider soon.

    When it comes to feeding i completely agree with serpent merchant on this one. When i first got my snake i weighed her in and fed her 10% of her body weight every 5 days. Once she hit 500 grams however i started feeding her every 7 days and 15% of her body weight. Since she outgrew the scale i had in a matter of two months i have not gotten a weight on her recently. But grew comfortable with the food size i felt appropriate for her. (Went with the old girth trick) Hopefully my scale will be in tomorrow as the tracking says and i can get an official weight on her. From there, as i mentioned above, i will continue to feed her 15% of her body weight.

    Also i feed my snake F/T (Frozen Thawed) rats, so i buy from another local breeder that sells them relatively cheap)

    P.s. there is a reptile show in Manchester this Sunday that you should check out.
    http://www.reptileexpo.com/nefirst.htm
    Last edited by AMBiEN22; 03-27-2012 at 09:57 PM.

  3. #23
    Registered User
    Join Date
    03-26-2012
    Posts
    25
    Thanks
    3
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
    @AMBiEN22
    I hopefully will be able to go to the reptile expo in Manchester, thank you for the link. Can you tell me were you buy your frozen mice?

  4. #24
    BPnet Veteran The Serpent Merchant's Avatar
    Join Date
    10-15-2011
    Location
    Orlando, Florida
    Posts
    8,193
    Thanks
    1,504
    Thanked 3,300 Times in 2,344 Posts

    Re: Any advice???

    Quote Originally Posted by Carsten View Post
    @AMBiEN22
    I hopefully will be able to go to the reptile expo in Manchester, thank you for the link. Can you tell me were you buy your frozen mice?
    Rodent Pro is great

    http://www.rodentpro.com/
    ~Aaron

    0.1 Pastel 100% Het Clown Ball Python (Hestia)
    1.0 Coastal/Jungle Carpet Python (Shagrath)
    0.1 Dumeril's Boa (Nergal)

    0.1 Bearded Dragon (Gaius)

    1.0 Siberian Husky (Picard)
    0.1 German Shepherd/Lab Mix (Jadzia)

  5. #25
    BPnet Royalty Mike41793's Avatar
    Join Date
    12-15-2011
    Posts
    16,925
    Thanks
    6,667
    Thanked 7,981 Times in 5,584 Posts
    Quote Originally Posted by Carsten View Post
    @AMBiEN22
    I hopefully will be able to go to the reptile expo in Manchester, thank you for the link. Can you tell me were you buy your frozen mice?
    They will have them for sale at the expo. I would stock up there to avoid shipping costs!
    1.0 normal bp

  6. #26
    Registered User
    Join Date
    03-26-2012
    Posts
    25
    Thanks
    3
    Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
    Thank you, how many frozen mice do you recommend that I buy?

Page 3 of 3 FirstFirst 123

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v4.2.1