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Do adult pyro's get big enough to ear large f/t mice?

My trio of '08 pyros. They can eat weanlings, although I prefer to feed them hoppers or fuzzies. I don't have any pyros bigger than 192 grams so don't know if they will get big enough to eat large mice. I don't think so. I raise mice and the adult mice get pretty big, more a meal fit for my 880 gram gopher snake than my little pyros. I prefer to feed them multiple small than one huge item per feeding.

Other more experienced folks will probably have more to say on this.
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Bob/Chris
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire

My largest and oldest pyro easily eats two f/t weanlings or 1 adult f/t mouse every 5 days.
Actually, all my adult Lampropeltis eat f/t adult mice.

Thanks Zach. I appreciate the advice. When they get big enough I will probably feed 2 weanlings as well. By the way, what is your biggest pyro?

Thanks,

Justin

Thank you for the reply and awesome pic of your pyros. Thanks for sharing that with me and I appreciate your advice.

I've heard that feeding adult mice to the snakes cause the snakes to grow faster; I am assuming because adult mice have denser bones and provide more calcium, and other minerals. I hope my pyros get big enough to eat adult mice.
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Bob/Chris
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire