Originally Posted by KayleighBrown
I know you're not supposed to handle a snake after it had eatin, but Kaa did indeed eat the two pinkies, granted for some reason he doesn't really seem to kill them. He just gets them all gaspy, then lets go and swallows them. Anyway, I weighed him real quick, and he was past the 20 gram mark. I think from now on, I'm gonna feed him two rat pinkies every 7 days to help him bulk up, cause it doesn't seem like 1 is doing it for him. He happily took the second rat pinky on his own, and it surprised me that I didn't have to dance it around for him.
Something needs clarification.
20 grams? Kaa I am assuming is a BP and uhhhh I've not seen a snake that small come out of an egg.
If It was a typo and 200 grams which sounds more reasonable is what we are dealing with going 10-15% of body weight gives 20-30 gram prey.
2 rat pinkies are probably underfeeding for a snake of that size although, suppliers can and do differ in what they class as each size.
If this is a 200 gram snake I would definitely increase prey size. This also helps them stretch jaw ligaments as they grow.
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