Originally Posted by nikkubus
This was exactly my thoughts too. For such a small item it's what I would do too if that's all I had to work with. (Though I have been testing this feeding schedule with a couple of my new noodles because I had an excess of fuzzy rats too... it's been interesting so far)
Or if for some reason the snake had a health issue that kept it from eating larger prey. I had to do this sort of schedule with a severely burned snake once. I couldn't risk stretching out his abdomen. Another was a snake with a gash on it's neck from the previous owner using unsafe housing.
But the ideal advice given by the vet really should have been more along the lines of offering that better sized prey item every 5 days or so.
Someone mentioned feeding multiple prey items every 5 days... I honestly try to avoid that as much as possible. Once in a while if I have a snake that refuses I know my a couple of mine can eat a little more depending on the prey size... But in my mind, any snake I have eating multiple prey items can increase the risk or regurge. I want to avoid that.
The other thing is the fact that BPs can get stuck on one type of food and refuse others and I don't want to have a 2000 gram snake eating multiple mice for a meal when I can easily just toss in one rat. An earlier switch is easier.
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