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RE: under weight ball python

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Posted by: raptorred at Fri Sep 15 08:15:12 2006   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by raptorred ]  
   

Mine started on mice, smalls at first, then mediums and now is on rat pup's. She has been eating every 5 days but she has only filled out when she was switched to rats. I have read a lot about the pro's and cons of rats over mice ( namely mice eaters are thiner than rat eaters ). Mine really took to the rats in a big way so I think I was lucky as I had no problems switching over. So for me I think that to get some weight on you really should switch to rats, aim for rats that are slightly smaller than her girth and try every 5 days rather than once a week.

Hope it helps

Colin
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0.1 Royal python
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