Possible regurgitation & Shedding Problem

[starmom]

It is not so much the age that dictates prey size but rather the weight of the snake. Do you know how much yours weighs? I would imagine the vet took the weight when the snake was there...

A good rule of thumb is about 10% of the body weight. So, if your snake weighs 300g, a 30-35g prey item is good

[Rakk101]

Do you know how much he weighs?

A good way to choose food size is by the girth of your snake, something about the same size round as your snake at the biggest point, maybe a little bigger.

[thefnshow66]

Unfortunately i don't remember how much weight he is

Whenever i do feed him hopper mice, he's able to eat it but he seems to struggle a bit, but there isn't a noticable bump in his stomach when he's done. I think i should go back to fuzzys for now just to be safe

[Rakk101]

Well you can call the vet also, they will have this on record, probably better to call get the weight so you can feed him the correct meal instead of something to small.

An easy way to keep it straight is get a 3 ring binder and print a year calender off (you can get a printable version for free on the internet) I put a calender for each of my animals in the book and update it when they feed, shed, vet check ups, weight.

[littleindiangirl]

An easy way to keep it straight is get a 3 ring binder and print a year calender off (you can get a printable version for free on the internet) I put a calender for each of my animals in the book and update it when they feed, shed, vet check ups, weight.

I use something similar to this for all of my snakes. Works great!

[starmom]

Unfortunately i don't remember how much weight he is

Whenever i do feed him hopper mice, he's able to eat it but he seems to struggle a bit, but there isn't a noticable bump in his stomach when he's done. I think i should go back to fuzzys for now just to be safe

I'd call the vet and get the weight or go and buy your snake a gram scale A fuzzy seems really small....

[thefnshow66]

I'd love to go buy a scale but where could i get one besides the internet?

[starmom]

Office supply stores and also the kitchen section of any big box store

I purchased mine from RBI: http://www.reptilebasics.com/My-Weig...l-p-16191.html

[Rakk101]

Office supply stores and also the kitchen section of any big box store

I purchased mine from RBI: http://www.reptilebasics.com/My-Weig...l-p-16191.html

This is the same one I have, it works great