Vote for BP.Net for the 2013 Forum of the Year! Click here for more info.

» Site Navigation

» Home
 > FAQ

» Online Users: 711

0 members and 711 guests
No Members online
Most users ever online was 47,180, 07-16-2025 at 05:30 PM.

» Today's Birthdays

None

» Stats

Members: 75,905
Threads: 249,107
Posts: 2,572,121
Top Poster: JLC (31,651)
Welcome to our newest member, Pattyhud
Results 1 to 10 of 14

Threaded View

  1. #8
    BPnet Royalty EL-Ziggy's Avatar
    Join Date
    11-05-2014
    Location
    GA
    Posts
    4,224
    Thanks
    5,090
    Thanked 5,533 Times in 2,710 Posts

    Re: 180 g snake wants to eat 30 g???

    Quote Originally Posted by Starscream View Post
    Also feeding two rats that each weigh 15 grams at that size could cause a regurg -- he probably ate the second one because he was still in food mood. They are opportunistic feeders, and don't know when to stop when presented with more food. While he might not have regurged that time, it's something to keep in mind for the future.
    Why would feeding (2) appropriately sized rat pups cause a healthy animal to regurge? That's roughly 18% of the animal's body weight which really isn't that large of a meal. I feed multiple prey items to all my snakes pretty regularly and have never had any issues.
    3.0 Carpet Pythons, 1.1 Bullsnakes
    1.0 Olive Python 1.0 Scrub Python,
    1.0 BI, 0.1 BCO

  2. The Following User Says Thank You to EL-Ziggy For This Useful Post:

    Albert Clark (09-08-2017)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v4.2.1