Feeding

[shaunyboy]

Originally Posted by jpsteele80

This is for a retic, I fed her last Saturday and the bulge is now coming down to her regular body size after 5 days

the above sounds perfectly ok to me mate

imo prey should leave a decent sized feeding bulge that diminishes over the following 5 to 7 days

i think your prey size is spot on


cheers shaun

[jpsteele80]

Originally Posted by shaunyboy

the above sounds perfectly ok to me mate

imo prey should leave a decent sized feeding bulge that diminishes over the following 5 to 7 days

i think your prey size is spot on


cheers shaun

Good to know, maybe I was under feeding a little before, there are just so many ways to do it and everyone has an opinion as to what's rights, I guess I'll just watch her weight and adjust accordingly

[shaunyboy]

Originally Posted by jpsteele80

Good to know, maybe I was under feeding a little before, there are just so many ways to do it and everyone has an opinion as to what's rights, I guess I'll just watch her weight and adjust accordingly

i watch each individual snake,if it's putting on too much weight i cut back on feeding

hatchlings i feed every 7 days

sub adults every 10 to 20 days

adults every 15 to 30 days

i keep my snakes lean and muscular (imo you don't see many fat snakes in the wild)


i also feed according to which season it is,in the winter i only give them 3 or 4 feeds

my Diamonds i only feed 6 month of the year

the longer you have your snake,the more you will learn to read your snake,so you can meet it's needs


cheers shaun