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Old 20-Nov-07, 09:08 AM
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When i first got my girl (water python) way back in March, the previous owner was feeding her 3 adult mice once a month, i kinda felt that this was inadequate for her size ( a meter and a bit) so i changed her to rats luckily i had a variety of sizes on hand and first off tried her on rats that were a bit bigger than the mice, gradually giving her bigger ones, if i felt she was eating too fast (under 5 min). As a result she has increased her size beautifully and has been shedding pretty reguarly, also i had the struggle of changing her from live mice to thawed rats.

I have also been told that you should feed a bit bigger than the head, or else you get big bodied snakes with little heads. not sure how accurate that is its just what i've been told
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