How often should a 4mnth Bp defecate if fed 1 fuzzie mouse a week?

[dsirkle]

No they aren't...... they are lagomorphs.

John

Wow you are right.I had never heard of a lagomorph. Evidently it differs from a rodent by having 2 more incisors.

[Gib]

LOL Indiangirl next time you talk to Anyone from NERD or Tracey ask them how they REALLY feed thier snakes LOL


but seriously tho....until you have the actual hands on experience with working with a grp of animals how you can say that you can or cant or should or shouldnt???

That "fat" in the picture is a big old soild girl that produces for me year in and year out like clockwork and produces the biggest,fattest and meanest babies Ive ever seen....Ive yet to have a snake hatch from her that was under 90 grams outta the egg and tht didnt start on rat pups after its first shed...never been a mouser outta her yet *knocks on wood*

[Stewart_Reptiles]

I would definitely not tell someone to go from fuzzy mouse (which is what the original post is about) to rabbit like you did, which is why I was hopping you were not serious when saying

i would suggest trying something this size next time you feed!

Now on the

I still cant understand how and why folks think BPs cannot eat large meals???

It's not about can or cannot it more about what is needed and what is not.
Like I said

Because a BP can eat a large prey does not mean he needs to. Adults BP don’t require a large prey to thrive.

Do you really think a BP need a XL rat or a rabbit to thrive and gain weight?

[littleindiangirl]

Indiangirl it no fat on that animal only reason you see any skin thru the scales is because she in the process on constricting or throwing another loop over...she is a strong feeder and a very large animal tho.she cose to 5ft long and over 3000 grams..so 1-2 large rats is basically maintenance feeding for her..Would you only feed a 5ft boa one small or medium rat a week???

Well, if you have found that she can consistently feed on that size meal, and still maintain a good weight and health, I guess that is what works for you. She is a big girl with that size and weight, and your best judgment is all you really have to go by.

[Gib]

GA ball...you cant seriously be so stupid as to realize that i was joking about feeding a 3 pound rabbit to a 4month old snake...

and as for thriving and growing it really depends on the snake as tro what it needs to do that..some snakes will do fine on small meals every week...some dont...but you need to have enuff real experience to know what is best for your animals Not this "y9ou should only feed 1 adult mouse" crap,jsut because you read it somewhere..

INdiangirl thats exactly what that snake needs ot maintain itsself well and also to not become an evil always hungry beast..


Ive got plenty of girls that dont need nearly that amount of food intake and some that eat alot more than thst on a weekly basis,Ive got one Monster of a girl that is a lil over 20 years old and she will only feed thru late spring and early summer and she does this like clockwork every year and has since ive owned her (about 8 years) and she will literally tear your face coming after you when shes in feeding mode....she eats 3-4 large rats every week from april til late spet early oct shes a GREAT breeder even still at this age and even with teh feeding schedule she is on she still doesnt get back into breeding shape until the following year

EAsy to put weight on her...but its gotta be good solid muscle mass weight not fat andmuchy weight...

and on the opposite end of the spectrum ive got girls that will take one med -large rat one a week and thats all they ever need ...maintain weight good and bounce back after breeding good too on that same regimine

[Stewart_Reptiles]

GA ball...you cant seriously be so stupid

"So" meaning you thought I was stupid but not that much

Gotta love the name calling not bad for a new member, if you want to be respected maybe you need to start respecting others.

[JASBALLS]

i would suggest trying something this size next time you feed!

That size always works for me! Rock on Chris!!

[Gib]

LOL i knew you would appreciate that one John


GA im not saying your stupid....but if your taking offense at missing an obivious joke....well so be it and as far as respect....you have what 16,17 BPs cant see whats in your profile while posting but its a pretty small number,and nothing wrong with that at all..but im going to assume with what you have listed most are pretty young....so im also gonna assume your pretty New to Bps ill even give ya the benifit and say 3 years or so...Now your gonna sit here and tell me with over 10 years of keeping BPs...and over 8 years of keeping a LA RGE collection of BPs and starting and maintaining 300-400 good healthy animals every year that I dont know how to feed a BP and that people shouldnt be listening to what im saying...even tho I have more experience doign exactly what your talking about than probally 90% of the folks ON this site....that seems pretty disrespectful to me...so if you feel im being disrespectful to you..then i think i can live with that...

[Stewart_Reptiles]

See Gib the problem is that you assume, you don't know anything about me, what I know or what I have done before coming to this country, keep assuming I know nothing it's fine with me, that is how I like it.

And for the record no one told you what to feed your animal.

All that was said was that BP do not need large prey to thrive that is a big difference, now is that a false statement and is that direspectful???

[bcampos]

Wow Alot of regurge what ya heard from somewhere else on here....

I still cant understand how and why folks think BPs cannot eat large meals???

Ive been keeping a Large collection for going on 9 years,,and a very large BP collection of over 150 animals and breeding them for 5 years and have never had an issue with feedin large meals to them in any shape form or fashion...so heck im sure all the folks chiming in that im doing it wrong MUST be right....

The snake pictured is my very first BP shes almsot 9 years old and ive rasied her since the day she came out of the egg...that snake will Eat ANYTHING she sees...her normal meals consist of 1-2 large rats from Rodentpro and she eats them every 7 days like clockwork and after that particualr meal,,,she sat on her basking spot for 3 days like she does after every other meal nd had her normal meal on the7th day like she does every week....only thing different after that meal came about a month later...her poo had more hair than usual in it!

Hey Gib, I figured it out!

See, in the wild BP's have strict rules on what they will eat. You see, there mid-brains are programed by nature to weigh possible prey in grams, and determine if the size of the prey will "work for them" and not be "overkill." NOT

Oh wait, now I remember: They just eat whatever they can fit in their giant mouths because they never know when their next meal is!!!! Rats, Gerbils, Giant Rodents, whatever.

Everyone here is such an expert.

Go Gib! Next time try a cat or something. jk