My pair of '02 Bci are feeding on 1 or 2 small mice (subadult?) per feeding, once every 2 weeks. Both of them are roughly 2 1/2 - 3 feet in length. While I don't think your prey size is as large as it should be, I also don't think that you are terribly underfeeding it due to the frequency it is being fed. Typically breeders, and many keepers, feed their snakes more heavily to speed up growth and reach breeding/adult size more quickly. I personally prefer to feed my snakes less heavily. It does take longer for them to reach breeding size, but when they do I know that they have also had the time to reach sexual maturity and not just attain the size for it. I also prefer to have lean, healthy snakes and not obese ones, which many captive animals are prone to be with a heavy diet. As long as your animal has good body weight and steady growth, I would simply switch to a larger prey item on the same schedule.



Just my .02

Raven

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