Food for red tail boa

[bigsnakegirl785]

Originally Posted by thealien

@bigsnakegirl785

Please elaborate on this? What is not healthy about it? I am not saying this is how someone should feed all the time but the original post asked if it would be OK until he is out of what he has. I am willing to learn, please explain what is not healthy about it?

2 mice have more fat, calories, protein, etc. than a single rat (or mouse) of the same weight. It's harder to digest, and I've seen keepers experience bloating when feeding multiples. Though to be fair, in those cases it may be because they didn't offer them close enough together? Overall, I avoid it. Multiple prey items have resulted in way faster growth and weight gain than a single large prey item ime, and it's already so easy to overfeed. It'd be one thing if it was a couple of meals, but OP is probably going to be feeding multiples for months before they run out.