Feeding BP every Four Days?

[FlynnTheBP]

I just got a six month old BP named Flynn (not sure of his weight). So far I've been feeding him fuzzies, but I was told they are too small for him. He last took one three days ago, and I was just wondering if I could feed him again now since the mice are slightly smaller then he should be eating. Would it hurt him in any way? I was just wondering because I only have one fuzzy left, so I was figuring I could give it to him today and buy a pack of hoppers next week at the store. Thanks!

[cletus]

Should be eating pups by now if he is decent sized for a 6 month old. Can you post a pic?

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Feed him given the size of the pry it will not make a difference after that start feeding a prey equal the girth size every 5 to 7 days until the animal is 500 grams, the best way is to eyeball it.

BP get started out of the egg on hopper (much bigger than fuzzies) and quickly move to adult.

[FlynnTheBP]

BP stands for Ball python, right? Not burmese? Because he is wayyyy too small to eat a hopper even at six months, as far as I can see... Let me try to find a picture.

[FlynnTheBP]

I was told his age by a pet store as well, so maybe they weren't right? Here's Flynn.
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[CALM Pythons]

Your snakes body isnt smaller than a adult mouse..they eat small adult mice at 3 months. Look at the thickest part of him and he can eat mice as big as that if not a tad bigger than that.

[FlynnTheBP]

Okay, thank you all! I was planning on switching him up to hoppers, but I guess I'll up that to adult mice? Or are rat pups a better choice?

[Stewart_Reptiles]

BP stands for Ball python, right? Not burmese? Because he is wayyyy too small to eat a hopper even at six months, as far as I can see... Let me try to find a picture.

They eat hopper right out of the egg so yes at six month it can eat a much bigger prey than a hopper.

[FlynnTheBP]

They eat hopper right out of the egg so yes at six month it can eat a much bigger prey than a hopper.

Thank you, I was not aware. Should I go for an adult mouse?

[CALM Pythons]

Okay, thank you all! I was planning on switching him up to hoppers, but I guess I'll up that to adult mice? Or are rat pups a better choice?

Some dont take rats right away as they get use to mice and are picky... So do what you can for now to use up what you have ect... I have fed every 3 days to catch up a smaller snake that wasnt fed right and i also fed 2 mice back to back the same day when one mouse was to small.
I feed large mice. Dont have rats local and i dont feed frozen i feed fresh kill.