How do I know when to up food?

[mseralbo]

I've had my BP for about two months I am not sure how old he is got him from petsmart, he has been eating one fuzzy a week since I've had him, how do I know when to move him to small mice?


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[Raven01]

A Photo and weight would help but, by "fuzzy" I am going to guess you are still talking about mice?
As in a mouse fuzzy.
That is a bit small for most BP's in my opinion and, you will find if you can switch to rats the cost for feeding should be lower over all along with having a more content healthy animal.

Juvies and hatchlings usually take the standard 10-15% of their own body weight (personally I've found that my own BP's seem to do well on this right up until they hit "the wall" and start refusing meals which for me seems to happen between 600 grams and 900 grams) weekly.

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A Photo and weight would help but, by "fuzzy" I am going to guess you are still talking about mice?
As in a mouse fuzzy.
That is a bit small for most BP's in my opinion and, you will find if you can switch to rats the cost for feeding should be lower over all along with having a more content healthy animal.

Juvies and hatchlings usually take the standard 10-15% of their own body weight (personally I've found that my own BP's seem to do well on this right up until they hit "the wall" and start refusing meals which for me seems to happen between 600 grams and 900 grams) weekly.

[mseralbo]

Not sure of his weight and I will try to get a good picture of him later. He eats frozen do they sell frozen rats?


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[KMG]

They sell frozen everything. Frozen feeders at the big box stores really start to add up after a while. If you have some freezer space you should check around to see if you have a local breeder you could buy from. You can also buy online but for small orders the doing usual kills any savings. I buy local and get a few months worth at a time. I get small, medium, and XL rats and stores them in a chest freezer.

As for what size. Without a scale you may just have to eyeball it. Get feeders that are the same width as your snakes thickest girth. A little under or over is fine but it needs to be close.

[mseralbo]

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[blk02ssmonte]

Looks like he could handle a rat fuzzy. Most young balls can handle those. I feed all mine rats except for my pied....He refuses to switch to rats. They grow much faster on rats than on mice.

[Eric Alan]

Just a heads-up: PetSmart pulled their frozen feeders (Arctic Mice brand) from their shelves due to a salmonella scare. You'll have to look elsewhere for your frozen feeders.

Also, a lot of people have a kitchen scale or similar sitting around that you could use to weigh your BP. It's not a requirement by any means, but I found it helpful when I was first learning how to eyeball proper food size.

[mseralbo]

I will try rats see if he goes for them, yeah I did get the recall thank you luckily I did not get a bad box!!


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