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There's been some talk in the python forum about feeding twice a month or less for some species of python. Has anyone noticed if brbs should be fed less than once a week, or is one prey item a week good?
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as to feeding, I have lots of BRB's and they have different feeding regimens:

Hatchling to about 1 year old - fed weekly

Yearlings to breedable adults - fed every other week

My breeders only reliably eat for about 4 to 6 months so are on a special regimen

Adult breeder Males - fed every other week between breeding seasons, ends around May/June, starts back up in February
The males will start eating when they are ready, can take longer if a female is still giving off pheromones.

Adult breeder females - fed wqeekly post parturition before next breeding season begins. Parturition around August plus/minus a month (sometimes even later) next breeding season starts the following February. They will just stop eating all of a sudden.

Once breeding season starts, I offer both males and females smaller prey and is mostly turned down. Last week out of 2.7 offerred food, only 0.1 took a small rat. The others said "nope...no way....not hungry....not gonna eat that"
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Thanks,

Dave "Rainbows-R-Us"

0.1 Wife (WC)
0.2 kids (CBB)
2.7 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (adult breeders)
2.5 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (sub-adult from 2004)
4.8 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (sub-adult from 2005)
2.1 Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 Het for Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 BCI "Elvira" normal from 1989
1.0 BCI Albino / het-anery
0.1 BCI Hypo / het-albino
0.1 BCI Anery / het-albino
0.1 BCI Salmon (possible super)
1.0 BCI Albino het stripe
1.0 BCI Salmon
0.1 BCI Ghost
0.1 BCI Super salmon, possible jungle
1.0 BCI Salmon, possible jungle

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats