Jampeas - how big do they really get and what are they like?

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Can you actually overfeed a mainland lol? I know my SD boy is a pig. Last night was the 4th day for him and he was out and pacing the front of the cage and staring at me lol. he spent all night out windshield wiping the glass and sitting on the rim of the AP cage looking out lol. I'm really not sure he can go 7 days without food.

Question for Cody here, think I should feed my SD/D male every 4-5 days until he is 1 year old. Then drop him down to once a week? He's just over 6 months old right now.

This is a the boy I got from Kris at Vital Exotics. He's 37.5% SD 31.5% dwarf and the rest being mainland if that matters.

You certainly can overfeed a mainland.

You can overfeed any snake. Even the mainland species with their fast metabolism is a reptile that was designed by nature to survive long periods without food if needed. Captivity VS. nature and evolution effect the animal much differently. Each has pluses and minuses.

Take into account girth as well as length here also.

I won't name names, but there are plenty of FAT, PIG retics for viewing on YouTube and in web pictures that have been done a disservice by their keepers because they are being or have been slammed with food. Some of them are already dead.

Sauzo, I think Kris has a fantastic care sheet on his website. He goes with 4-6 days for hatchlings.

Cody also has some great info in his videos to look at.

Personally, knowing the background of your animal, I would not get overly excited to feed too much unless you want something rather large.

My guy has the same SD percentage as your's, but larger dwarf percentage by 16% or so which isn't a lot.

I'm doing fine with 1 small rat per week.

Of course higher temps will speed things up, mine are not cold by any means but they are toward the lower end of the acceptable spectrum.

Just plan on something larger if you are set on 4 day intervals. I would think at the 6 month mark you could use the longer of the intervals but again, that's up to you.

Maybe your guy will hit a spurt and then slow, who knows. I am taking the advice I was given by Cody and Kris and things seem to be going well.

10' is what I'm expecting on the large side of things.

I saw the most beautiful, adult, mainland, female retic on youtube the other day. Yes, she was big as far as length, but she was so lean and muscular she looked like spring, steel.

I don't like slugs. I like my snakes to look like athletes and since they are not working hard like they would in the wild, I tend to feed them a tad more conservatively, but certainly they are fed.


Bcr229 has my vote here. I like that schedule as well.