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Hi everyone. I just got my first BRB a month ago at a reptile show. She is feeding great, it's just the size of the food items and how often I give them to her is what I have a question about. She is approx 2.5 ft. I am feeding her a small(3-4 inch) rat,minus the tail, every 5 days. Is this ok, or are the rats im giving her too small. I want her to grow up to be a big, healthy snake(I'm a strong disbeliever in powerfeeding though) I've read BRB's can get obese very easily because they're such ravenous feeders. I guess the thing I'm really wanting to know is:
1. How often do I feed a young BRB?
2. What size rodents should I feed her so she grows up to be big(but healthy)?
Thanks so much
-BoidBoy

Hi, first I am making an assumption here, since you indicated it is 2 1/2 feet long, I am assuming it is a yearling (or older) NOT a neonate. so once every two weeks would be fine.

My typical feeding regimen:
Neonates once per week
yearlings once every two weeks
adult males and female pets once a month
adult female breeders once every two weeks
(Grivid females will typically not eat for 5 months so need a shorter feeding interval to "catch up"

Prey size - about the same diameter as snake at largest girth (without tummy bulge from prior meal)
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Thanks,

Dave "Rainbows-R-Us"

0.1 Wife
0.2 kids
4.12 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
1.1 Ball python
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 Hypo (possible super)

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

Your assumption is correct, she is indeed a yearling. So next reptile show I will get a little bigger rats and start feeding her once every 2 weeks. Thanks, I really appreciate your response.
Thanks Agiain
-BoidBoy