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Re: largest bp food
 Originally Posted by Elvyra's Keeper
are you guys feeding adult bps?
Yes some of my balls are 3000 + grams and they do just fine on rats that size. Every thing from 1000 grams and up gets a small rat every 7 days. 950 grams and below get just weaned rats every 5 days till they hit 1000 grams.
When you've got 10,000 people trying to do the same thing, why would you want to be number 10,001? ~ Mark Cuban "for the discerning collector"
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Re: largest bp food
i just went by the girth of the snake and i figure since my big girl is about 900 grams and the small rats between 60 - 70 grams does her good for 7 days
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Re: largest bp food
wow, really it seams they would eat much larger, like even a small rabbit
Amanda 
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Re: largest bp food
leave the rabbits to the burm keepers
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Re: largest bp food
Just because they "can" eat something that big, doesn't mean they should. Their metabolisms are so slow, that feeding something the size of a large rat is just wasteful. They honestly aren't going to use that amount of food and it's just going to get pooped out.
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Re: largest bp food
Originally Posted by Elvyra's Keeper
wow, really it seams they would eat much larger, like even a small rabbit
They will but I have seen adult Balls go on fasts when they are fed large prey items on a regular basis. I had one of mine do it I was feeding med rats years ago and then it fasted for 8 months.
Its not that they wont its that theres no reason for them to be offered that large a food item due to their metabolism
When you've got 10,000 people trying to do the same thing, why would you want to be number 10,001? ~ Mark Cuban "for the discerning collector"
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Re: largest bp food
Occasionally I will feed some of my big girls (2500+ grams) a medium rat - but for the most part all my adults get small rats - the big ones will get two - sometimes three if I get distracted and loose count.
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Re: largest bp food
oh, so it is possible, just useless. That makes sense.
Amanda
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Re: largest bp food
40-60 gram rats for my adults every 7 days - results in consistent growth with no fasts.
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Re: largest bp food
Originally Posted by Elvyra's Keeper
are you guys feeding adult bps?
Yes most of my BP are adults which includes breeder females!
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