A few feeding pics!

[radstusky]

Originally Posted by Ch^4

^^ Agreed. My 5.5 month old JCP came to me feeding on 3 mice pinks a week. I immediately transitioned her to 1 rat pink.....this lasted one feeding. The next week I fed her 2 rat pinks. She shed, had two more meals on rat pinks, and shed again. I just ordered rat fuzzies, but I have 3 other snakes who will be eating those as well.

I'd imagine my JCP, as well as yours, will be feeding on rat pups and small rats in 1-3 months max.

Great looking pics by the way! He looks like he has gold-ish eyes...my girl has silver-ish eyes. He's very handsome!

And I like the peep-a-look cardboard in front of his hide!!

I guess his eyes are kind of goldenish. It looks like they are matching his skin "yellows", does this mean that his eyes will continue to be more yellow as he matures? Or will they stay gold? Either way, I like his eyes, definitely one of the features I like about him and JCP's in general.

I do have the cardboard in front of his hide, but he never hangs out in there, he chooses a different hiding spot in his tank. Oh well!

I can not imagine that he'll be ready for rat pups in "1-3 months max"! We'll see I guess. When you feed 1-3 mice pinks a week, you feed them all at once right? Not spaced out during the week?

[Ch^4]

Originally Posted by radstusky

I guess his eyes are kind of goldenish. It looks like they are matching his skin "yellows", does this mean that his eyes will continue to be more yellow as he matures? Or will they stay gold? Either way, I like his eyes, definitely one of the features I like about him and JCP's in general.

I do have the cardboard in front of his hide, but he never hangs out in there, he chooses a different hiding spot in his tank. Oh well!

I can not imagine that he'll be ready for rat pups in "1-3 months max"! We'll see I guess. When you feed 1-3 mice pinks a week, you feed them all at once right? Not spaced out during the week?

From what I've gathered on JCP growth, you'd be surprised at how fast he'll be up to the next prey size! JCPs can eat relatively large prey items; I believe 150% of their thickest girth is a cakewalk for them. Also, I think Nafun mentioned that their JCP went from 30 inches and a few grams to 6 feet and over a kilo in 7 months....

The breeder I bought her from had her on 2-3 mice pinks a week. When I got her, I immediately offered her a much larger rat pink. The next week I gave her 2 rat pinks, back-to-back (I give about a 5-10 minute gap between offerings to allow the food to move to about mid-body). But yes, when I give multiple prey items, they happen during the same feeding period.

This week, she will be getting 1-2 rat fuzzies, depending on size.