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28-Nov-04, 02:29 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-04 Location: Sydney | | | How do you know how much to feed your python?
My python is about a year old appox. 150cm long. her head is 3 cm in length. I feed her 2 medium size adult mice every 5-6 days. is this enough or should i feed her something bigger or more?
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28-Nov-04, 02:35 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-04 Location: bow river Victoria | | | | RE: How do you know how much to feed your python?
I think you should give a small / medium rats a go maybe 100-170gm I got a Darwin similar size and a medium rats does alright for a fortnight
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28-Nov-04, 02:36 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-04 Location: Sunshine coast, Qld, Australia Age: 20 | | | | RE: How do you know how much to feed your python?
sounds like she could easly handled an adult rat
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28-Nov-04, 02:36 PM
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That seems enough. What species is it?
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28-Nov-04, 02:37 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-04 Location: bow river Victoria | | | | RE: How do you know how much to feed your python?
what I said could be wrong but you might try getting a picture and get others opinion cause I'm only guessing at the size of you snake and I'm new at the snakes keeping gig
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28-Nov-04, 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Fuscus That seems enough. What species is it? | diamond python
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28-Nov-04, 03:21 PM
|  | Sdaji Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-04 Location: Victoria | | | | RE: Re: RE: How do you know how much to feed your python?
I would suggest that two adult mice is too small a size for a five foot diamond python's meal.
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28-Nov-04, 03:27 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-04 Location: Sydney | | | | RE: Re: RE: How do you know how much to feed your python?
thanks ill try a small rat next time she feeds
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28-Nov-04, 03:56 PM
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is it better to feed your snake live or dead food?
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28-Nov-04, 04:00 PM
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You should always try to stick with dead food.
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28-Nov-04, 04:33 PM
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i agreee the last thing u want is to be cleaning mouse guts out of ur microwave it stinks and its not as much fun as it sounds
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28-Nov-04, 05:36 PM
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should i be feeding my python weekly or fortnightly if i were to feed her the right sized meal?
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28-Nov-04, 05:39 PM
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fortnightly
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28-Nov-04, 05:48 PM
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I've noticed that if the meal is to small the snake will try to swallow it backwards or even sideways. If i up the size of the next meal they will go back to swallowing it head first.
I have 2 ccoastle carpets and a childrens python and they have all done this a couple of times, and every time i up the meal size they go head first.
just an observation
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