quick question on feeding

[Skimask]

I've been reading quite a bit on pythons and all and what they like to eat / eating schedules and just how it should be done, 2 of my pythons i got from other people, my first one i got was from a pet store.

Now my little guy is only like 125g. yet the store says he needs 3 fuzzies. My other ones are 340. and the owners they had said they were each eating 1 regular mouse.

So i'm just kinda curious because i wouldn't want to under feed or over feed. If you had a nice looking 125G what would you feed it? / how much. Same question for my 340's

Thanks in advance. i'm pretty new to this, but i def care about my snakes.

[rabernet]

The little one could be on small adult mice or one appropriately sized rat pup.

The larger could be on a rat weanling.

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[Skimask]

The little one could be on small adult mice or one appropriately sized rat pup.

The larger could be on a rat weanling.

would it be a problem to just feed my bigger ones 2 of the same mice they've been eating?

[Sita]

The easy way to do it is to feed 10-15% of your snake's body weight. So your little 125 gram one would eat a mouse 12.5-19 grams, which equals a large hopper or regular weanling. If your fuzzies are 5-7 grams (which is typically where they'll be), then 3 of them would be appropriate.

The problem you run into is that not everyone calls a certain size the same thing, so it's best to weigh the food yourself. I made a list of average sizes based one several different rodent suppliers websites:

Mice:

Pinky 1-4 days 1-3 g.
Peach Fuzzy 5-9 days 4-5 g.
Fuzzy 10-13 days 5-7 g.
Hopper 14-19 days 8-13 g.
Weanling 20-25 days 14-18 g.
Adult 25-40 days 18-26 g.
XL Adult 41+ days 27+ g.

Rats:

Pinky 1-7 days 3-9 g.
Fuzzy 8-13 days 10-20 g.
Pups 14-20 days 21-30 g.
Weaned 21-25 days 31-45 g.
Small 26-32 days 46-85 g.
Medium 33-42 days 86-175 g.
Large 43-60 days 176-275 g.
XL 60+ days 276-376 g.

[Skimask]

The easy way to do it is to feed 10-15% of your snake's body weight. So your little 125 gram one would eat a mouse 12.5-19 grams, which equals a large hopper or regular weanling. If your fuzzies are 5-7 grams (which is typically where they'll be), then 3 of them would be appropriate.

The problem you run into is that not everyone calls a certain size the same thing, so it's best to weigh the food yourself. I made a list of average sizes based one several different rodent suppliers websites:

Mice:

Pinky 1-4 days 1-3 g.
Peach Fuzzy 5-9 days 4-5 g.
Fuzzy 10-13 days 5-7 g.
Hopper 14-19 days 8-13 g.
Weanling 20-25 days 14-18 g.
Adult 25-40 days 18-26 g.
XL Adult 41+ days 27+ g.

Rats:

Pinky 1-7 days 3-9 g.
Fuzzy 8-13 days 10-20 g.
Pups 14-20 days 21-30 g.
Weaned 21-25 days 31-45 g.
Small 26-32 days 46-85 g.
Medium 33-42 days 86-175 g.
Large 43-60 days 176-275 g.
XL 60+ days 276-376 g.

awesome, i really appreciate that info. i'm sure others will too.