louise77
Not so new Member
Hello One & All,
Firstly - thanks so much to everyone out there - this may be my first post but I have been checking out these forums for the last few months to prepare myself for my first snake.
And that snake is my female Stimson Python that I acquired on Sunday. She is one year old and seems to be settling into her new digs quite nicely.
I have looked around past posts and other websites, but the information out there on feeding is a bit confusing for me. I have her past feed records and her last feed was on 24th Nov (2 x Pink Rats) and then before that on 8th Nov (Pink Rat and Fuzzy Rat - is it me or she is a greedy guts or what!). I was going to continue with feeding 2 x Pink Rats - but I read on here that pink or fuzzy rats are just a bag of protein and it's best to feed something with more bones and the like. And in one website (that breed mice & rats for feeding) I actually read that they don't actually recommend feeding Stimson rats at all (which threw me).
So all you Stimson owners out there - especially those that have Stimsons over a year old - what would you recommend I try feeding my girl for the first time and how often should I be offering this to her (by the look of her feed card - she is starting to space out her food a little more too).
Thanks in advance to any help or advice - may be my first post, but I'm sure it won't be my last!
Louise
Firstly - thanks so much to everyone out there - this may be my first post but I have been checking out these forums for the last few months to prepare myself for my first snake.
And that snake is my female Stimson Python that I acquired on Sunday. She is one year old and seems to be settling into her new digs quite nicely.
I have looked around past posts and other websites, but the information out there on feeding is a bit confusing for me. I have her past feed records and her last feed was on 24th Nov (2 x Pink Rats) and then before that on 8th Nov (Pink Rat and Fuzzy Rat - is it me or she is a greedy guts or what!). I was going to continue with feeding 2 x Pink Rats - but I read on here that pink or fuzzy rats are just a bag of protein and it's best to feed something with more bones and the like. And in one website (that breed mice & rats for feeding) I actually read that they don't actually recommend feeding Stimson rats at all (which threw me).
So all you Stimson owners out there - especially those that have Stimsons over a year old - what would you recommend I try feeding my girl for the first time and how often should I be offering this to her (by the look of her feed card - she is starting to space out her food a little more too).
Thanks in advance to any help or advice - may be my first post, but I'm sure it won't be my last!
Louise