Missed Feeding

[Duardo]

Hello.

I figured I'd share a few things with you.

1) it's best NOT to feed for 7 days before leaving for a vacation. The reason being if the animal regurges it won't be left to stew in the mess. There was another thread recently about this and Deborah included a link where that actually killed the snake.

2) Fuzzies are way to small for a BP. They eat hoppers right out of the egg, for typically only their first 3-5 meals, then quickly move up in size to small adult mice.
Pinkies are even smaller, you don't want to go backwards.
See the chart below for reference.
Yes, there is no poop and only a small amount of urates because the animal is underfed. It is using nearly 100% of its meal just to survive.

3) I would stick to offering every 7 days.
Offering too often can stress the animal and lead to more refusals.

Lastly, I'm curious why you thought you couldn't feed her if she was in her hide? That is the perfect place to feed.

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Sorry for the late response but thank you so much for that chart. I was confused for a bit about the mice sizes, to make up for it i got her a small mouse and hopefully it isnt too much.
And I couldnt feed her in her hide because its a log in the hot side which she gets into the hole of and I cant get her to come out, as well as the fact she tucks her head in the middle so even if I swing her meal on either end she wont smell it or come out. I usually wait for her to come out and then feed her but before we left she was in there and I had to go in 10 mins and she didnt come out so I couldnt feed her, and I didnt want anyone else to feed her in case they did something wrong. But thank you again for your help! I'll stick to her schedule and feed her bigger foods, which will probably be 1 small mouse weekly.