Always go by weight when you can. It doesn't have to be exact to the point either... sometimes you cant get whats "perfect" for the animal, but u can get pretty close, it is just a guideline to help everyone..Originally Posted by sunshinenorcas
Thanks everyone! She is definitely a pretty girlAnd I'm glad to know I'm not doing it wrong.
I'm planning on switching her to rat's when my local shop puts in an order for frozen food next- they don't carry crawlers right now, and I don't think she's big enough for small rats. I thought about ordering online, but when I was pricing it was just really expensive and A LOT of crawlers for one snake haha. I think he said I'd get about 12 for about 15 dollars? which is like... six weeks of food, if it's two crawlers. Or would it just be one? D: Is length or weight the deciding factor? I've always heard look at the biggest part of the snakes body to determine prey size.
Balls are tougher than what they seem to be, is definitely not good to have a hungry young snake, and at the same time if you over feed it for too long, it will go on a hunger strike, but at that age hunger strike is rare.
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