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I have a BCI that is now rougly 4 months old, 24" long, and 1.25" diameter.
I had been feeding it a hopper mouse (frozen/thawed) once a week and it appears to be getting very hungry about three days after the feeding. I attempted to feed it two mice at the last feeding and it regurged both about two or three hours after it ate them. I waited two weeks after the regurg and fed him one hopper, he kept it down just fine.
There are only two or three hopper mice left so I am considering going up to adult mice or rats.
What size rat should I go up to?
Is it better to feed a larger single item as opposed to several smaller ones, or does it make any difference at all?
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Ok, it needs to be on rats anyways cause mice just ain't that great for a growing boa.
But the girth rule of feeding is, the thickest part of the snake, is the size ya need food to be.
And a good schedule for now would be once every 7 days on the feedings.
When it gets to about 3 feet long, bump up to every 10 days.
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07-15-2002, 06:24 PM
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also when you're looking at girth, stretch out the rodent longways then compare girth. they seem fatter when they're just sitting, not stretched out. -Juggalo
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07-18-2002, 12:29 PM
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True Juggs!
( hehe, I called ya Juggs!)
And this is easier to do with a whacked or frozen thawed as they are more likely to lie there and be stretched out. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]
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hey, I guess you are what you eat, eddie [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_lol.gif[/img]
oh, it should be pointed out that petstore usually want ya to pay for the rat before measuring it [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] -Juggalo
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