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RE: rats vs mice & temp

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Posted by: HOTRegius at Mon May 5 09:19:14 2008   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by HOTRegius ]  
   

Feed whatever your snake will eat on a consistent basis and what you can easily obtain. I feed exclusively mice to my 40-someodd Ball Pythons, even to the 2300g females. All adult Balls need to grow and thrive is around 50-65g of food a week. If that means 2 medium adult mice or 1 weaned rat, then who cares what prey type it is. As long as the weight adds up to an appropriate amount, the snake will grow and do just fine.

Also, if you feed live, mice are easier as they won't outgrow the snake in a week(they never outgrow the snake). Plus, you can vary the amount of mice the snake gets per week if it's an adult. My adult males sometimes get 1 mouse, sometimes they get 2 or 3, depending on if they've been breeding, or have been off-feed. If I want to buy a large order or live mice, I can easily keep them in a small space. Rats, however, need alot more ventilation and bigger caging, with less to a cage.

I don't think this female looks underweight(she's glowing)..

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