Well here is something that concerns me... I've heard that an average 5 month old BP would be somewhere around 500 Grams. I've had my since June, and I think he's a yearling because he's about 2, nearing 3 feet. However he's only 280 grams. I am feeding him what everyone has told me I should be feeding him, but he's not too heavy. I've had him for about four months, so I know that he's most definitely at least like 8 months old (that'd be the youngest I'd say that he is) because I've held, and seen hatchlings, young BPs, and adults. He seems to be in the sub adult area.Originally Posted by decensored
And adult mouse is pretty close. An adult mouse is around 25 grams. When feeding BP's specifically you want to be feeding 10-15% of their body weight. At 280 grams the smallest prey item you want to feed (without feeding multiples is 28 grams) but for a young animal you want to be feeding as close to 15% as possible. I like to feed my babies and juvies between 3-5 days as well. This year I feed 10% of their body weight every 4 days up to 300-400 grams.
The appropriate size in rats, if feeding once a week, would be a weaned rat.
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hope this helped.
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