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Hi friends!This is my 6' 1/2 BCI..she's eating a 1,5lb rabbit, but I think is still too small for her..couse after 1 week she's already defecate..what about it?tnx

Im at work on an older computer screen that im about to switch out... but from the looks of it on my screen that rabbit look HUGE compared to the girth of the snake.... I know you said the snake is 6 feet ... i just cant see it on this screen

>>Hi friends!This is my 6' 1/2 BCI..she's eating a 1,5lb rabbit, but I think is still too small for her..couse after 1 week she's already defecate..what about it?tnx
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Generally speaking you should be feeding your snake prey items that are no more than one and a half times the girth of the snake - two times the girth at the maximum. Also, by the time it reaches 6 1/2 feet, the snake should also be getting at least a two week break between feedings, not just 7 days.

Raven

If you snake is in the 6 1/2' range and the rabbit is correctly weighing in at 1.5 pounds I think it will be okay, but definetely not too small. My 6 1/2' male weighs in around 7 pounds, and I generally feed my snakes a food item that is 1/6 there weight. (I actually documented the weight of each snake and the weight of each feeder for 2 months and when feeding an "appropriately sized" feeder the proportion in weight was 1/5-1/6. For example my female hypo that weighed 1 pound 8 ounces at the time and 44" in length was on medium rats that weighed in at 4-6 ounces each. (and I was told that the feeders were too small for her because "they aren't big enough around in comparison"

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