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    Re: General Questions about new BP

    Quote Originally Posted by hanen View Post
    It's been about 48 hours since she's fed, I haven't seen her yawn in quite a bit. I was also wondering when I should switch to the small mice? Seems like shes only been on fuzzies for a couple of months but her width is pretty much that of a small mouse.
    Switch to mice now, fuzzies are too small, even hatchlings start on hopper mice.
    Actually since she's already a few months old I'd go to rat pups.
    Get something equal to widest part of her girth



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    Re: General Questions about new BP

    Okay cool, thanks for the tip!

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    Re: General Questions about new BP

    What are the differences between mice and rats? Are rats nutritionally better or something?

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    Rats get bigger. When you're feeding a 2000 gram snake it'll take a lot of mice compared to an appropriate sized rat

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    Re: General Questions about new BP

    One more question, how many mice should i be feeding her at a time? I feed her one mouse every four days, should i feed two every 4-5 days?

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    Re: General Questions about new BP

    Quote Originally Posted by hanen View Post
    One more question, how many mice should i be feeding her at a time? I feed her one mouse every four days, should i feed two every 4-5 days?
    None! Feed her rats If you have a bunch of mice in stock, I'd use up those, but it's much more economical to feed rats in the long run. At her age, she could easily take two.

    The issue is that some balls won't take more than one item per feeding. I have one like that. I also have one that eats everything you throw at her. Try offering her seconds after she's gotten down the first mouse. If she doesn't take two, she might be a one-item-per-feeding kind of gal.

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    Re: General Questions about new BP

    Quote Originally Posted by MootWorm View Post
    None! Feed her rats If you have a bunch of mice in stock, I'd use up those, but it's much more economical to feed rats in the long run. At her age, she could easily take two.

    The issue is that some balls won't take more than one item per feeding. I have one like that. I also have one that eats everything you throw at her. Try offering her seconds after she's gotten down the first mouse. If she doesn't take two, she might be a one-item-per-feeding kind of gal.

    In the first paragraph I believe Moots saying yours could eat two mice not two rats.
    It sounded to me like it could be confusing.

    Yes try two at next feeding, when you are out of mice try moving to rats

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    Re: General Questions about new BP

    Thanks guys!

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    Re: General Questions about new BP

    Quote Originally Posted by Crazymonkee View Post
    In the first paragraph I believe Moots saying yours could eat two mice not two rats.
    It sounded to me like it could be confusing.

    Yes try two at next feeding, when you are out of mice try moving to rats

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    Haha yes, thank you for clearing that up! It was late :p

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