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    Question Feeder 17% of BP body weight?

    So I know I’m supposed to feed between 10-15% of her body weight, but due to an error from my frozen rat supplier I’m stuck with over 30 frozen rats ranging between 25-40g. She’s 145g as of now and I successfully fed her a 22g rat last week, but now the lowest I have it 25g. Is it safe to feed her a little larger prey than preferred? Also she hasn’t pooped in 3 weeks and she’s been fed 3 times. So I’m a little concerned about her getting backed up. Should I wait til I can get smaller feeders? Should I proceed feeding tomorrow? Any advice appreciated
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    She should be fine. You may want to extend the interval between feedings to 10 or even 14 days instead of feeding weekly.

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    Re: Feeder 17% of BP body weight?

    Quote Originally Posted by bcr229 View Post
    She should be fine. You may want to extend the interval between feedings to 10 or even 14 days instead of feeding weekly.
    I agree.

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