What food?

[SnakeDoctor]

At the moment i am feeding my 1 year old female, rat pups (small ones though). She is 360 grams and a great feeder. Last week however she ate one, i fed her another, then another and then a fourth. Does this mean i should move her up in size or rats? or is feeding more of smaller rats ok for her health? I am feeding every sunday.

[sho220]

At the moment i am feeding my 1 year old female, rat pups (small ones though). She is 360 grams and a great feeder. Last week however she ate one, i fed her another, then another and then a fourth. Does this mean i should move her up in size or rats? or is feeding more of smaller rats ok for her health? I am feeding every sunday.

That's an odd question for a snake doctor to be asking...

[dgring]

That's an odd question for a snake doctor to be asking...

Lol ya

[PitOnTheProwl]

If she I a year old and only 360g she is not a great feeder OR has been way underfed this whole time?

[SnakeDoctor]

That's an odd question for a snake doctor to be asking...

Haha, just a name, im just a new snake owner.

If she I a year old and only 360g she is not a great feeder OR has been way underfed this whole time?

I got her underweight from Pets at Home (a usually reasonably good english pet shop) and have only had her half of her life (at the beginning with me was NOT a very good feeder at the beginning.

[EAC Reptiles]

You should be able to bump the size of rodent up. You can either feed 15-20% of the snakes weight or a rodent about the same thickness as the snake (I think this was is easier). And like said before, 360g is underweight for a 1 year old. What is your feeding schedule? At that size I would feed every 5 days.

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[DooLittle]

She can be eating a rodent that is as big as her widest part. Some prefer multiple smaller ones, others will take one appropriate sized meal. Bottom line, feed her whatever she'll eat.

[Crazymonkee]

You can more than likely move up a size, or keep feeding multiples... but I would bump it up and feed every 5 days for a little.
I go by the widest girth on my snake and feed a rodent of equivalent size. The prey can also be just a tad bigger.

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[JMinILM]

Get her on weaned rats now and in a month or two she will be up to 500g and you can switch her to smalls.

[jxl]

Yeah with all this pooling i must say what is a small rat?. Small or Medium or etc can vary from place to place but 70g is 70g. So somewhat useless pool

Anyhow feed her every 5-7 days somewhat roughly 10-15% of her body weight. Just be careful the pray is not wider than widest part of the snake and you're set to go.