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toshamc
at Tue Oct 10 11:05:15 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by toshamc ]
I look at power feeding as being either feeding too often or feeding too much to put weight on an animal. One thing people seem to forget is weight is secondary to maturity when it comes to breeding just because your animal reaches a "safe breeding weight" doesn't mean it will necessarily breed or produce offspring.
I'd say if your snake is feeding and deficating every 3-4 days - you're ok - I personally wouldn't feed any closer together than 4-5 days for a young snake or every 5-7 for an older snake. I don't think you mentioned the size of the prey that you were feeding - if it's on the smaller side he may be digesting it in a couple of days in which case 3-4 might be ok - but if he's not deficating as often as you are feeding him then I'd cut back, maybe it's time to move him up to a larger less frequent meal.
My vet still shakes his head at me when I tell him I feed my snakes once a week - he prefers that I stick to every two weeks. He insists that feeding too close together is bad for the snake because it's in a constant state of digestion which is hard on the snakes system (imagine walking around with Thanksgiving dinner in your belly 24/7) - he says the snake needs to have some "empty" days.
I'm not sure what they call that thing were you stick another food item in after the first - I've never heard anyone do that except for switching stubborn snakes from mice to rats.
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Tosha 
"Nihil facimus sed id bene facimus"
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RE: Definition of power feeding? - toshamc, Tue Oct 10 11:05:15 2006