I feed/fed my BHPs rats a;most exlusively as adults, although they will eat almost anything. One adult rat every 2-3 weeks. My male is about 8'. My Olives eat the same but ate rabbits when they were younger, but not much smaller. My 11' male Olive has bulked up as most seem to do after 9-10 ft, but they do that with no increase in feeding. I feed my smaller olives every week to 10 days.

I lost a large female olive a couple of years ago to, of all things, gout. 2 weeks after that, there was an article in Reptiles magazine on that problem. She was fatter at 23lbs than the male was at the time, but over 10'. Evidently gout was not as uncommon as I thought in reptiles.
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1.0 Blackheaded pythons
2.4 Woma
3.2 Aussie Olives
1.1 Timors
1.3 Bloods
2.2 IJ Carpets
2.0 Coastal Carpets
1.3 Macklotts
1.2 F2 Carpondros
2.0 Jungle Carpet
1.0 Jag IJCP
0.1 Carpondro
1.1 Brazilian Rainbow boas
1.1 Striped Bolivian Boas
0.1 child, CB
0.1 wife, WC

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• ?? For Derek (or anyone w/ adult bhps) - pooter, Sun Mar 1 08:45:26 2009
• RE: ?? For Derek (or anyone w/ adult bhps) - Jaykis, Sun Mar 1 18:09:37 2009
• RE: ?? For Derek (or anyone w/ adult bhps) - pooter, Mon Mar 2 11:57:54 2009
• RE: ?? For Derek (or anyone w/ adult bhp - Doug T, Mon Mar 2 11:16:14 2009
• RE: ?? For Derek (or anyone w/ adult bhp - pooter, Mon Mar 2 11:51:57 2009
• RE: ?? For Derek (or anyone w/ adult bhp - derekroddy, Mon Mar 2 12:22:53 2009
• RE: ?? For Derek (or anyone w/ adult bhp - pooter, Mon Mar 2 12:50:14 2009
• Oh yeah..any DRUMMERS in the house? - derekroddy, Mon Mar 2 14:43:58 2009
• RE: Oh yeah..any DRUMMERS in the house? - captnemo, Tue Mar 3 16:01:06 2009
• RE: ?? For Derek (or anyone w/ adult bhp - Doug T, Fri Mar 6 10:36:18 2009