Hungry, hungry baby

[Salamander Rising]

So my new little 7 snagged another mouse tonight and I got to see her do it.

She was lounging in her paper towel tube and I placed it at the end.

She unwound herself, poked out her snout and genuinely looked surprised to find her supper had magically appeared.

She picked it up by its middle, moved it deftly around and just simply swallowed it, quite quickly.

I'm thinking fuzzies may be too small for her already.

She's at least 70 grams now and they're only 6 gram fuzzies.

I have 'small mice' which are about half again as big as the fuzzies.
[haven't weighed them but intend to do so here in a bit]

Is it normal for such a little bitty BP to have such a 'good appetite' already?

I think she'd eat every day, if I let her.

She still looks pencil-like rather than chubby and I worry she's too small for the 15% ratio yet.

But she's hungry!

[just over 24 hours after her first fuzzy, she was already roaming her tub, sniffing and searching again]



How much is "too much" for her?

She does have the sense to leave her tube and go to her warm hide after eating so she seems to know what she's doing.

/mommy worries

[rlditmars]

Just like any animal the potential for growth is the greatest starting out. The metabolism is running full speed but that growth requires more fuel so they are eating machines once they start. Two rat fuzzies in the same feeding may be a little bit much yet as it would be about 17% if both are 6 grms. However a couple more feedings and you will probably be fine. Do two more feedings at 4 day intervals and reweigh her. Then if the numbers work, give her two and go back to 5 day intervals.

[Salamander Rising]

Just like any animal the potential for growth is the greatest starting out. The metabolism is running full speed but that growth requires more fuel so they are eating machines once they start. Two rat fuzzies in the same feeding may be a little bit much yet as it would be about 17% if both are 6 grms. However a couple more feedings and you will probably be fine. Do two more feedings at 4 day intervals and reweigh her. Then if the numbers work, give her two and go back to 5 day intervals.

Thank you!

I sure didn't want to risk overfeeding her but she's such a ravenous little thing.....

[her nose was visible at the end of the tube this morning, as if she's hoping another fuzzy will "magically appear" there again, already]


LOL

[Andrew B]

Feed her, she will let you know when she's not hungry, try to size up on the food don't worry about grams of food just go a bit bigger and so on, good luck!


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