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[CloudtheBoa]

What were you feeding her when you first got her? I'm feeding my girl rat pinkies right now, but someone keeps trying to tell me to feed her pups, the pinkies look like a good size to me and pups seen far too large right now.

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I was feeding her mouse hoppers, which are actually a bit smaller than rat pinks in size, but about equal in weight. She got those every 10 days for the first couple months, then I fed her every 14 days. About the time she turned 8 months I think it was I bumped her to small adult mice because she simply would not shed and figured maybe she needed a bigger prey size. I prefer to feed mice until they can eat weaned rats, as a mouse of equal size is more nutritious and less fatty than a rat during this stage of development. A pinkie is barely more than fat, water, and skin. The exception is jumbo mice, but I'm feeding them since weaned rats are quite a bit heavier and a little bigger in size than jumbo mice. She's growing quickly so she should be able to take them any time now.

Until she shed for the second time after taking 6 months to shed, I fed her every 7 days, and once she looked like she was going to shed like normal I put her back on 14 days. I'll be moving her to 3 weeks when she turns 2.

(Edit to add she was also 80-150 grams during the time I was feeding hoppers.)