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    Re: My BP is always out

    Quote Originally Posted by Doggey75 View Post
    Not sure how much he weighs gonna get a weigher soon. I am feeding him hoppers. Gonna move him up to rats as soon as he is big enough.
    How often you feeding him?

    Mouse hoppers are pretty small. It sounds like he might be digesting a small meal very quickly (1 day) then heading out to look for more food.

    Just something to keep in mind.
    It is okay to use pine bedding for snakes.
    It is okay to feed live food to snakes.

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    I'm gonna see if I can go to pet smart soon and see what rats he can eat.(The one I got to breeds and prekills rats and mice) I have pics of him from like a week or two ago. He is 4 months old in a few days. What do you think he should be able to eat? Gonna add the pics after I get out of school because internet is slow.
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    Re: My BP is always out

    Quote Originally Posted by Doggey75 View Post
    I'm gonna see if I can go to pet smart soon and see what rats he can eat. I have pics of him from like a week or two ago. He is 4 months old in a few days. What do you think he should be able to eat? Gonna add the pics after I get out of school because internet is slow.
    If he's 4 months old he almost definitely needs something bigger than mice hoppers.

    Best thing to do is weigh him, feed him something around 10% to 15% of his bodyweight.

    If you can't weigh him (no scale), eyeball him and get him something about the same size as the widest part of his body.

    Depending on how big/small he is for his age, I would imagine he could be on rat pups easily enough by now. If they don't have rat pups you can substitute adult mice.

    How often are you feeding him?
    It is okay to use pine bedding for snakes.
    It is okay to feed live food to snakes.

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    Re: My BP is always out

    Quote Originally Posted by Doggey75 View Post
    He is 4 months old in a few days.
    should be on small rats by now unless he is a runt

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    Just took these pics 20 mins ago





    This is his setup just in case your wondering

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    At 4 months old mine is taking 2 adult mice.

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    Rat pups or small weaned would do that guy some good.

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    Alright thanks for the help. I can't get them now because I'm busy this week. But, I'll get them next Saturday when I go to the reptile expo or maybe after it.
    I think he will be fine till then. He still looks big and healthy.

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    My guy is 108 grams and is eating large adult mice...also I adjusted the heat mat to 94 degrees. And keeping airtemp on hot side around 85/86 and I woke up this morning to him back in his hide like usual...

    Check ya temps
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    Re: My BP is always out

    Also,IMO,I'd get a separate humidity gauge and temp gauge... I'd leave the humidity gauge center of tank about 4" from bottom of the tank..and I'd put the heat temp strip n the hot side about 4" up from the bottom as well and about 6" inches from the hot end of the tank over..get a probe,place it under the bedding inside the tank right above the heat mat,hold it down with a piece of aluminum tape..and regulate your heat mat..

    I believe where u have your gauges set you will be getting false readings.
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