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kangaskritters
at Wed May 9 19:56:15 2012 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by kangaskritters ]
My first male pied took 9-months off eating every year once he reached breeding size. For those 3-months he did eat he'd eat a lot!
My biggest female pied has been a mouser most of her life, but will eat 4-7 adult mice every 5 days when she wants to eat. She has always had good proportion and never looked thin. She was 1500 grams at the beginning of the breeding season, but I knew if I let her become gravid she would lose a good portion of that weight when she dropped her clutch so I didn't breed her this season. She's currently around 1800 grams. She should be well over 2000-2500 grams before I introduce pairs in the late fall/early winter.
Three of my current 2011 females are all voracious rat feeders and are all 700-800 grams and don't refuse meals, but as most females do, they'll probably become "full" anytime and take their first break from feeding. I've been working with balls long enough to not worry about them going off feed. They do it and I've never lost one yet.
Pieds are an amazing naturally occurring ball python and I can't imagine not having some in my collection. They're still my favorite "morph", even with all the crazy combos out there.
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RE: Pied size? - kangaskritters, Wed May 9 19:56:15 2012