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15-Jun-07, 02:16 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-07 Location: Sydney Age/Gender: 28  | | |
How do you judge how much to feed you snake?
when I got Scarlet MD she was on 1 Weaner mouse every 7 - 10 days.
she's just over 12 months old and I'm feeding her 2 hopper mice every 10 days.
she's about 900mm at her last shed (1 month ago)
At what stage should I go up in mousicle size?
is there a rough guide to mouse size vs snake size?
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15-Jun-07, 03:33 PM
|  | Regular Member | | | | dont feed her for 14 days, then try her on a fuzzy/hopper rat! these are roughly the size of an adult mouse, yet have far more bone structure in them, which is better for the snake!!! youd be surprised how much your snakes head can stretch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ...you dont need to feed it so often once its on larger prey, at her age id have her feeding every 2-3 weeks on larger prey.
but maybe thats just me?  |
15-Jun-07, 03:38 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-07 Location: Sydney Age/Gender: 28 | | | awesome thanks.
will finish off the hopper mice we have and step it up a size. 
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15-Jun-07, 03:43 PM
|  | Josh! Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-07 Location: Bulli, N.S.W Age/Gender: 23 | | | | About 5% of their body weight or so the food item leaves a noticeably but not over the top lump in them. It's not rocket science.......some feeds can be larger, some can be smaller. Provided your snake is not emaciated/skinny or overweight then keep with what your doing.
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15-Jun-07, 03:44 PM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Mar-07 Location: Townsville, North QLD Age/Gender: 21  | | | | personally i prefer to feed smaller more often and then go a big one every few feeds.....
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15-Jun-07, 03:56 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-07 Location: central coast. nsw Gender: | | |  Feeding Diamonds
Have 2.5 year old DP. 4.5FT long. currently eating 100gm rat per 2 weeks. He is a very active snake. Sound about right herpers. |
15-Jun-07, 04:37 PM
|  | Willia6 fan Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-06 Location: Victoria Gender: | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by dragon_tail  dont feed her for 14 days, then try her on a fuzzy/hopper rat! these are roughly the size of an adult mouse, yet have far more bone structure in them, which is better for the snake!!! youd be surprised how much your snakes head can stretch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ...you dont need to feed it so often once its on larger prey, at her age id have her feeding every 2-3 weeks on larger prey.
but maybe thats just me? | I was under the impression that an adult mouse would have more bone structure then that of a rat of the same size as the mice are fully developed.
Where are you getting your info from? I'm happy to be prooved wrong.
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15-Jun-07, 04:43 PM
| | Regular Member | | | | skull structure, thats all, have a feel of an adult mouse head, for mass, and as gross as it sounds, give it a squeese to feel density, then do the same on a larger fuzzy rat.... the rats skull is denser and chunkier...... just my experiences with them, thats all  | |
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