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i have a 7 month old ball python and i was wondering what is the best way for it to gain weight i am feeding it one f/t adult mouse once every week and i was thinking feeding two mice every feeding but just want some more info.

thanks mark

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when life hands you lemons, make super lemons, bumblebees, etc...

I have two pastel female hatchlings that hatched on May 20.
I decided to feed one only mice and the other only rats. I have fed them at the same intervals and both are strong feeders. I have fed them approximately the same meal size in weight at each feeding.

The results:

The mouse eater has a current mass of 672 g (at ~4 1/2 months old)
The rat eater has a current mass of 643 g (at ~4 1/2 months old)

They are both huge and healthy, however it has cost me a little more to feed the mouse eater as she gets bigger (1 medium rat = $3 is equivalent to 3-4 mice = $4.50).

So there it is, it at least this really small sample size experiment, there is no difference between feeding rats and mice.
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when life hands you lemons, make super lemons, bumblebees, etc...

If you want fast swich to rats and....feed a small portion...every 2 to 3 days....my pastel grew from 74 grams on july 15 to 350 today oct 1 pretty good eh...only problem they take a 50 gram dump occasionally....lol but yeah that was on empty...he is great...try that i will gurentee it wil work

John
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k so should i be feeding her two times a week ?

two or three small meals a week if you want faster go for three. then after two months..then wait 3 weeks of once a week than start up again...

so i feed her one adult mouse a week...so what should i feed her if im feeding her three times a week should i go to a hopper of stay at an adult three times a week...i dont want to feed her rat three times a week cuz it will caost to much..and i was wondering if rats really make a differcne compared to mice.

thanks mark

If you can't switch to rats, you can order XL or jumbo mice if you don't mind buying in bulk.
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Dale dgoins222@yahoo.com

Gut load the rats with some high quality dog food for a few days before you feed the snake.

This is especially true if you get them from a pet store.

I read a article on that and it is not reccommended beacuse of the red dye. It said that it can and has killed snakes.