Frozen Thawed 1st Order - Size Question

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Thanks, I'll take a look at Reptilinks. They were not in my original search.

So back to the feeding size, and maybe I'm over analyzing, but if my feeder is 26 grams and my BP is 300 grams, do I need to figure out out how to make up those extra grams or should that prey be sufficient for that week? I've never fed my BP more then one prey at a time so I'm curious if he'll come back out of his hide for another.

I too like the 10-15% range when feeding but sometime you just can't just ca't hit it perfect and that's nature I guess. I've fed x2 before when all I had available was a smaller feeder and it went without issue. Heck - when I'm done feeding and if someone doesn't want their second, my carpet and BCI are always waiting for more LOL

I ran into the same issue with Tyson with the Lg adult mice before switching him to rats. I would shoot for the 10-15% rule, but if it's a little under 10% I just rolled with it and he was fine.

I would weigh and sort the mice when they came in. I would put 3 or 4 in a zip lock bag and label them. Then put all the ziplocks into a zip lock gallon size freezer bag and then into some grocery or Wal-Mart bags. This helps to keep them fresh and easy to find the size I needed.

When it came time to double up I would start using the 18-24gram mice and it worked out fine.

I found with perfect prey I got a LOT of mice in the 18-24 range and VERY few bigger than 27 grams. In two orders with them I only received one mouse bigger than 29 grams. I wasn't too happy with that, but they do deliver a great product, beautifully packaged for a great price.

Glad I'm not the only "crazy OCD" snake owner out there that weighs the feeders to feed in increased increments as the snakes grow LOL It's time consuming but works...just food save them, label, and stack in the chest freezer. Then there isn't any digging around and/or being stuck with small feeders at the bottom.

The 1 order I've placed with Reptilinks I was extremely pleased when I weighed everything (yes - all 300 mice/rats) and had a very slight deviation - 3 total were out of the advertised weight range and on the heavy side.

Very clean - no odor - prey stacked nicely in zip lock bags then vacuum sealed - no frozen blocks of feeders - no parts and pieces either like I've seen with Rodent Pro

Good luck with your ordering and feeding process, it can seem a bit overwhelming but you'll figure it out.

I've also heard, it's better and healthier for the snake to have it slightly hungry rather then to have it be overweight.