Feeding Chart / Food Chart

[Pythline08]

Hey i have a diamond python and i was wondering if anyone had a feeding chart, or food chart.appropreiate for a diamond. That will help me feed the right amount of food and show the length of time between each feed and also when to increase the size of the meal eg pinkie to weaner or something like that. prefered on Rats instead of mice !!!

Hope that makes ense
Thanks Simon

[hawkesbury reptiles]

I have a feed chart?? is that what you are after....you have to fill it in though..... I will send it to you.

[jessb]

Wouldn't it you just follow the standard for any python? One feed every 8-10 days, food item to be big enough to leave a decent sized lump in the snake's body...

[Pythline08]

thanks hawkesbury reptiles that would be great if you could send the chart to me!

[thepythonpit]

didnt you see the chart i posted in your thread yesterday ??

[thepythonpit]

Originally Posted by jessb

Wouldn't it you just follow the standard for any python? One feed every 8-10 days, food item to be big enough to leave a decent sized lump in the snake's body...

no not at all.
diamonds have complety differnt care requierments to most other pythons ,
people that feed there diamonds every 8-10 days will end up killing it ,,
diamonds need to be feed every 14- 20 ish days .
and need cooler temps then the norm..

[thepythonpit]

it is only a guide mabe you missd that bit ( great for newbies), it is the best guide i have ever seen , unless you can point me to another one ?? it was from doolittle farms

[martyk0411]

Hey if anybody could help me would be much appreciated. I have a young south-west python about 5 months old and it wont eat. I have tried fuzzies and pinkies and she dosen't seem to be interested in either of them, She is in healthy condition i'm just getting a little worried that she hasn't eaten since i've had her (6 weeks).
Cheers.

[mckellar007]

Originally Posted by Pixxie

Oh. MY. GOD. Wow, you're like the smartest person ever.. and it's 15 now, I feel less noob allready. Post counts matter.. Don't muck with them... I think you'll be back to zero soon buddy.. keep hasseling people for no reason. We'll see you again though, then my 15 post will matter... NOOB!

you, are, a, noob, get over it. im a noob, i dont care, i dont go off saying that someone elses advice to people that are less knowledgable on the topic then you THINk you are, is stupid. your immature, get over yourself, BOTH of you.

[mckellar007]

i dont care weather your a noob or the queen of england, it doesnt matter, just because someones information isnt exactly what you follow, doesnt make it wrong, it was just a guideline

[amazonian]

Approx 20% body weight every 7-10 days for most pythons.
There is no proof that DPS is related to feeding size/amount, but feed less if you feel you'd rather be safe than sorry.

[buttss66]

as a noob myself i find it far more helpful if people explain why they dont agree with the advice given - or in this case the chart instead of just saying "its crap." then i can decide for myself who's making more sense.

[thepythonpit]

this chart is ment as a guide only because like people ,every snake is differnt and as pixxie said somewere in this thread her snake eats rats ( she didnt say how big the rats were) and the guide said feed adult mice for life,
this guide shows how many times to feed a particular sized food item before introducing larger size..
EG , for carpets it says , feed 7- 14 times on fuzzie mice then move up to hoppers for 14 feeds then feed 21 weaners or fuzzie RATS before moveing on to hopper rats and so on ,,,you must remember that if your snake can eat a meal fast with no problem then its time to up size its food , your snake should have to strech it mouth to get it in ..good luck ,, you can download this chart at dolittlefarms .com

[Pixxie]

The rats are clearly larger then an adult mouse. If you're planning on feeding your snake adult mice forever, you're dreaming, they can eat bigger, and they'll probably want bigger.. Unless you're giving them multiple food items at a time i doubt adult childrens would be happy with just one adult mouse. And weekly feeding doesn't really matter, they're most likely going to stop eating over winter if they're adults, and if you breed them, then you go back to weekly feeding for a few months before it wants to cool it's self again, are you going to get the snake back up to the size it needs for cooling/breeding again with ONE adult mouse every 7 days? The chart doesn't say anything about multiple items, nor does it cover every food item posible, who ever made it needs to re think it.

[buttss66]

thanks for all that extra info. Now i have the benefit of your experiences to help me form an opinion of my own!