Can everybody chime in with what your feeding your BP and it's weight per gram?

[BostonMacK]

Just thought this could be an insightful thread and I know I'm curious. What prey item do your feed your pride and joy(s), how big/old is your snake as well as what the food item weighs gram for gram.

Right now my boy weighs about 1300g is about a year old and is eating either two FT 40g rats a week or 1 80-90g rat. What's your snakes eating habbits?

[fishmommy]

male, 1 year old, 800g

has been eating two mice a week (in one sitting) totalling about 70g
last two weeks he's been eating three, totalling about 90g
this week he's going to be offered his first rat...we'll see how that goes.

so far he's been looking for food just a day or two after each feed...this guy's like a bottomless pit. I'm not sure how much is the right amount to feed him

[Nikki0326]

I have a female who is probably about 9 months old. Last time she was weighed she was 440 grams. She gets 1-2 live mice per week (depends how the previous week went 2 mice per week is too much for her right now). As of yet I have not had any feeding problems *knock on wood*, other than during shed. A few times its taken her a little longer to actually go for the mouse (maybe like 5 min) but she always gets em. And I have no idea what the mice weigh

[BostonMacK]

Thanks for giving some feedback everyone.

What triggered me to post this is that I have a slight dilema here. I am having trouble finding 80g rats and the only way I can hand pick the desired size is to drive all the way up to NERD which I will be doing soon. I have a few 100g rats in the freezer that I have been hesitant to give him. The last couple weeks I have been feeding him two 40-45g rats from Petco which can get expensive. Like I said, I am tempted to give him the 100g rats but I don't want to overfeed him.

Do you all think a 100g rat would be too big for a 1300g snake? I was sketchy giving him the two 40g rats.

[fishmommy]

how's the girth?

[Adam_Wysocki]

Do you all think a 100g rat would be too big for a 1300g snake?

Yes. One 40 gram rat per week is all your snake needs.

-adam

[2kdime]

I just fed my two guys. The little girl got a hopper that weighed 10 grams. She weighs 80 at the moment.

The big ol blood python just got fed a medium rat. He weighed 150 grams. A bit too big for my liking. But the rat was the same size as his girth. So all is well I suppose. I have no idea what he weighs. He's around 2 to 2 and a half feet long. Ill be feeding him small rats from now on. He took a medium with no problems. I'd just rather stick to smalls to keep him at a little slower rate of growth.

[fishmommy]

Yes. One 40 gram rat per week is all your snake needs.

-adam

that's good to know

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Well I have snakes ranging form 120 grams to 1800 grams, I feed a prey slightly smaller than the girth size once a week and nothing larger than a small rat (4 weeks - 45/65 grams) or 2 to 3 adult mice to my largest adult.

This way they feed with consistency and do not fast.

[BostonMacK]

Awesome stuff everyone, this is why this site has become my personal BP bible Thanks again everyone.

Fish,

Sitting here looking at a ruler I would estimate my snakes girth to be around 2 1/2 " to 2 3/4" belly to spine.

Adam,

That is great to know. I just remember about a month ago feeding my boy a single 40g rat and he was out roaming his cage two days before his feeding day which freaked me out causing to post a thread here. Looking back he did act as if he was hungry and the behavior stopped after I fed him his usual 80g rat. If a single 45g rat is a healthy diet for my boy I am all for it. I'll see how he does with that for a while.

I am sure their is a good number of different feeding rituals here amongst all the BP.neters all of which work for their snakes.