I can't really say without seeing the snake, I raise my own feeders and have all sizes available so I just pick out an appropriate sized one. My typical feedings for younger snakes are one prey item only of appropriate size. The bigger ones get qty since I can't grow out rats long enough to get jumbos.



While they can eat an enormous meal, it is not good for them to do so. That's where the girth = girth rule of thumb comes into play. Look at your snake, at the midpoint(ish) should be the largest diameter. That's how big around the prey item can be.



As long as you are feeding them on a regular basis, you can't starve them, they can litteraly go for months with no food at all. That's how they survive in the wild and also why they can eat soooooo much at one time. When food is around, they eat, when it's not, they fast. Food intake = growth. The more you feed, the faster they grow. I don't think you'd find anyone who would disagree that overfeeding is bad. The debate is what is overfeeding?





Since you are feeding multiple rat pinks it may be OK to switch to rat pups. Again, compare girths!!







>>at least 2, if not 3, rat pinkies per feeding. I was just wondering if it would be going too far to bump her from pinkies to pups in one swoop...
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Thanks,



Dave Colling



www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com



0.1 Wife (WC)

0.2 kids (CBB, selectively bred from good stock)



LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:

11.24 BRB

10.16 BCI

And those are only the breeders



lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

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