A guy made a post a while back in another forum that really affected me. He said that he bought a rattlesnake 20 years ago and fed it on a 2 week schedule. Some of his friends bought rattlers from the same litter and fed them at the 'acceptable' once or twice a week rate. His friends went through two or three successive rattlers while his original was still alive. I want my hog and my other snakes to be here in 20 years, so I feed them accordingly.
Obesity kills. Being a bit hungry for a few days a week doesn't.

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• How many mice a week do you feed your hogs?? np - repzoo44, Wed Aug 13 21:49:57 2003
• RE: How many mice a week do you feed your hogs?? np - scoop, Thu Aug 14 12:32:25 2003
• RE: How many mice a week do you feed your hogs?? np - snakeguy88, Thu Aug 14 16:34:20 2003
• I agree with you - colby, Fri Aug 15 00:18:07 2003
• Another poor wild vs. captive analogy - Colchicine, Fri Aug 15 07:15:48 2003
• I tend to feed my snakes less ... - repzoo44, Fri Aug 15 15:43:56 2003
• My turn - colby, Fri Aug 15 21:22:19 2003
• RE: My turn - Colchicine, Sat Aug 16 20:54:02 2003
• RE: My turn - meretseger, Sun Aug 17 06:47:14 2003
• RE: My turn - snakeguy88, Tue Aug 19 20:30:31 2003
• One. np - Colchicine, Thu Aug 14 19:19:52 2003