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View Poll Results: Opinion on powerfeeding

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    Re: Powerfeeding

    everyone "trying to get their males up to weight" is using a certain extent of powerfeeding.

    That said.....would a wild ball python (who is an opportunistic eater) be considered powerfeeding itself, fi it eats two mice in a day, maybe 4 mice in the course of a week.


    ps Im not voting, the votes are not specific enough

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    Re: Powerfeeding

    Quote Originally Posted by Patrick Long View Post
    everyone "trying to get their males up to weight" is using a certain extent of powerfeeding.

    That said.....would a wild ball python (who is an opportunistic eater) be considered powerfeeding itself, fi it eats two mice in a day, maybe 4 mice in the course of a week.


    ps Im not voting, the votes are not specific enough
    It depends on the area, if they have a ton of mice around, they eat as many as they can right? If they have none around, the move to look for some.
    Theres also the large gaps of time that they don't eat that people tend to forget about, they may eat 4-5 meals really quickly in a row and not eat for a good two-three months.
    I donno, it's really an opinion as we don't really know what goes on in the wild for them. I think a study is in order!

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    Re: Powerfeeding

    Quote Originally Posted by Patrick Long View Post
    That said.....would a wild ball python (who is an opportunistic eater) be considered powerfeeding itself, fi it eats two mice in a day, maybe 4 mice in the course of a week.
    Nature is power feeding these animals. We have only one choice:

    We have to stop nature!!!!

    JonV

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