How often and HOW MUCH.

A adult king may want not one but two or three mouse meals.That depends on the size of each meal.The difference between 5 days and 7 days is nothing.You can feed it every 10 days and it may not make a difference over the long haul,Just feed it two mice.If your like most you want your snake to grow up as fast as possible.In the wild a snake won't have as much food and maybe heat to digest the food like snakes do in captivity.

Remember too that your snake may go on shed cycles where it may stop eating for a while and also seasonal cycles where it will stop eating for mounths at a time.I like to over feed my snakes till they look stout.That way if they go on a seasonal fast I can cool them @ 55 degrees for a few mths and not have to worry.After a while you wll know when your snake is hungry.it will be alert and moving around the tank/tub.When I thaw my FT mice out some of the snakes will smell the mice and you will see them looking to find the meal. If your snake doesn't take a meal you can refreeze it if you dont leave it there too long.







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