Quote Originally Posted by Bogertophis View Post
While I advocate f/t, I'd keep the female on live too for now..."whatever works" rather than have her go off-feed.

I think you might be feeding her too often if she's not defecating: remember that a starved snake is likely to have deficient digestive enzymes too, so her digestion
is apt to be slower than a healthy snake. I know how badly you want her to gain weight (I know I would) but it might be best to slow down just a little.

All in all though they're doing great with you- & lucky BPs!
I don't know how fast you think I'm feeding her, but I think you're missing some of the info. I don't think 7 days apart aiming for 10%/slightly smaller than her girth is pushing it too fast.

The bigger issue I have is my live source is inconsistent what sizes they have available. She got a mouse last time because their mom rats killed everything smaller than a large pup and they didn't have anything in between fuzzy mice and adult mice. She takes either one eagerly, but they don't seem to get enough of the baby BP size feeders each week.

I'm not that great at remembering what I've said, but I did go to 7 days except that first 5 day interval and haven't done shorter than that.

That last one was a bit bigger than I wanted to offer her, but not over 15% and due to the sausage butt from it last Monday, I skipped feeding at 7 days and am targeting 11 days, this Friday (also hoping they re-stock closer to that date for better sizes available).

I'm not sure how often you expect her to poop, lol.. of my 3 other BPs I raised from her size, I haven't had one poop more often than she is. She did poop before this last bigger meal from the ones before it.

The original short interval was largely because of how small the meal was since the first was just to test if she digests anything okay or not. It was less than half her girth, even skinny like she was.. a 6g hopper mouse (tiny, but very hoppy).

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