Stimsons feeding advice...

[thesilverbeast]

Hey, i have a stimsons thats probably just over 35ish cm. how old do you think this length would be, im told by people here that its around 6 months.

Now my real question, how much should i be feeding him?

I currently feed him 1 pinky a week. Should i bump it up to 2 or down to 1 in a longer period?

Thanks for your help.

[Helikaon]

well in my opinion for littel guys that are growing a meal that is about as wide as your snakes thickest part once a week is a pretty good way to go though same size meal every 10 to 14 days is also reccomended. i couldn't help with the age to size my friend as i have never kept one before and they tend to grow depending on how you keep them. e.g. temp and meals.

[westerner]

Hi,
Im no expert...but we also bought a stimson about that size...I was told it was a hatchling but am sure it would be considered more a juvenile....we started feeding it 2 small pinkies every week....now I have increased its intake to one larger pinkie.. and two smaller pinkies ...one day it had 4 small pinkies...some would say that instead of feeding it several smaller ones that its better to feed say one bigger fuzzie....our snake doesnt appear to have suffered any....is content and very relaxed....and is regular at the other end....it has lived with us now for 9 weeks with no problems...even having a perfect shed last week....

A Newby

[Armand]

i feed my maccie one fuzzy per week and its around 40cm now... a stimmi wouldnt be much diffrent... remember the most common reptile problem is overfeeding it and a childrens/ stimmi can eat 125% of the thickest part of its body...

[yommy]

Like Armand said i'd start looking at furred rats pups. The fur and the bone are much better in the little guys growth. I've got childreni hatchys from dec that eat 10 day old fuzzed rat pup just before they open their eye stage and they are powering along. If it can eat a large pinky he'll have no troubles with one starting to fuzz up
jmo

[thesilverbeast]

thanks for the advice! heres some pics of him feeding, its just a pinky mouse. giving him 2 a feed would be alright then?

[nickamon]

My mac was on fuzzy mice when she was 35cm long. One mouse every 10 days.

[reptilegirl_jordan]

my spotted (when i had one) was on one or two pinkies every week,but u should need to move him up a size soon after a few more feeds.the fuzzies should be fine for it very soon

[Scag]

whats better for a 7month old mac a Fuzzy mouse or Pinky Rat also is there much size difference?

Thanks.

[rodentrancher]

Shouldn't a 7mth old python be eating something with fur on it by now? I don't have any knowledge of Macs or their size, but our MD's were eating Velvet Rats by 7mths old. Cheers Cheryl

[reptilegirl_jordan]

imo,yes the a 7months old should be on somethink with fur,should be on a fuzzie by now!
just imo

[Aussie Python Lover]

my 6mth old childreni eat 2 pinkies. But they are down to just a fuzzie mouse now and going strogn and longer then 60cm now

[Scag]

i feed my 7month old mac one fuzzy mouse evry 6-7 days.

[nickamon]

Scag, you could even go up to hopper mice, and space out the time between meals a bit.

[Ozzie Python]

imo i think it should take a fuzzy no problem at all. i fed my childrens fuzzy mice from about 5 months old every 7-10 days.