So today when I got home from our dog walk, the new baby pied I picked up from Petsmart yesterday was sitting with just the tip of her snout hanging out of her hide. Some BP's I've had in the past have used this as a universal sign for "I'm hungry, toss me a rat." So I decided to try her. I purchased some small f/t mice today. I looked at mouse fuzzies, which is what she has been eating at the Petsmart, and decided there was no way I was going to offer one to her. My yearling Cali King could easily down two or three of those... it's just ridiculous for a BP of her size. So I offered her a small, weaned mouse, and she took it like a champ.
So now I am seriously thinking about saying something to the Petsmart manager. Having seen how easily she took down that SMALL mouse, which was two sizes larger than they were feeding her, I am kind of horrified. They were feeding her every week to 10 days a single fuzzy mouse. A guy just posted a picture of his yearling female pied BP today on iHerp who he has had since she was a hatchling and she is a monster compared to Alice, and yet, I think Alice must be a yearling based on her length, when compared to hatchling size BPs I've seen.
This is a pic we snapped yesterday. She is very thin compared to other yearlings I have seen. Should I write a letter to Petsmart or say something to the manager, or is it just pointless?
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