Feed wow

[moses]

Ok, I could not find the right size frozen rats so I got what they had, a item that was twice the size of anything she had eaten. I debated for a few weeks on wether to feed her the small adult rat bout 5-6 inches long. I saw her looking for food tonight, so I offered her and she took it, was a longer time to get it down, but I was amazed that she could eat it. Man Snakes are great, I am still a newbie at this, but once I have the cash will definately be buying more coastals.
Moses

[sxereturn]

People greatly underestimate the size of food their animals can take. You hear of 5-6 foot carpets still on adult mice. They should be on adult rats, and would easily eat an adult domestic cat...

[moses]

I know, I feel that I was underfeeding my snake. Since the Item is larger should I give more time between feeds? I usually wait till she has crapped to then offer more food, is this ok? No problems so far.
Moses

[ackie]

u shouldnt need to wait before u feed her again...do u wait to go to the toilet before u eat again?
yeh i use to under estemate my snake, she is bout 145cm and gav her an adult rat. Then seeing she could get the rat down i offered a baby pidgeon...she nailed it harder than i hav eva seen before.

[moses]

Good point ack. The thing is I have read and been told that they may have trouble feeding when they have crap in them as they may feel full.
Moses

[bigguy]

Moses, I feed my adult females every week and my adult males every 2 weeks right throughout summer. The only time they do not eat is if they are about to shed. The only time crapping would stop them eating is if they were constipated for some reason.

[zoe]

now thats what im talking about...mine is LAZY lol

[maximus]

im glad u started this topic moses...i am currently a bit hesitant to offer adult mice to my 13 month old approx 80cm coastal female... but i think i might giv it a shot...
if the food item is too big and the she cant swallow it? wat happens?

[zoe]

she wont take it or she'll start bringing it back out again! maximus your snake is about the same size as mine and thats about the size im trying to get mine to take but rats as well as mice

[maximus]

if this pic posted by a member recently is anything to go by,.. our snakes will swallow us if given a chance

[maximus]

im about to give it a go now,, let me know how urs goes zoe

[zoe]

lol thats my snake maximus...and he didnt take...the pic is pretty hard to tell cos the rat is closer to the camera than the snake is but he should have been able to take it.

[maximus]

LOL how funny..
so he didnt strike at all?..
hmmm
(mouse defrosting as we speak)

[zoe]

nah no striking. interested for a little while but then went back to bed

[maximus]

oh crap man,, it popped now i got mouse gut everywhere
(sorry if any1 is eating)
well he took it lets c if he swallows it all