Question about feeder size

[NewHerp293]

So I have been feeding my little rosy two pinkies every 7 days for the last couple months. She takes both of these very eagerly. My bag of pinkies is starting to run low so I have been debating about the next size mice to buy, be it fuzzys or hoppers. I would rather feed 1 mouse than two but worry that hoppers might be too big. Shes about 18-20in long and im not sure about the weight. Any thoughts??

[CK SandBoas]

From the looks of it, I would go with hoppers. Looks like she could take them easily :)

[Tsubaki]

Completely agree with CK SandBoas on that one, looks like she could easily take hoppers.

[NewHerp293]

Ahh great thanks for the thoughts!! Im going to the midwest expo on october 5 so ill grab a bag of hoppers, in the mean time ill just keep doing 2 pinkies (she doesnt seem to mind)

[sharthun]

Ahh great thanks for the thoughts!! Im going to the midwest expo on october 5 so ill grab a bag of hoppers, in the mean time ill just keep doing 2 pinkies (she doesnt seem to mind)

Or 3 at time until you get hoppers. ;)

[NewHerp293]

Haha we"ll see about that. I gotta figure out exactly how many pinks I have left and then the best bet is I run myself out right when I get some hoppers :)

[NewHerp293]

So she didnt eat for almost 2 weeks while she was shedding. I offered a pinkie at her normal feeding day and all I got was defensive strikes. I found her under one of her hides today looking nice and shiny with a freshly shed skin and a big poop. I offered her 3 pinkies and she gobbled them right up!! Im getting excited that shes moving up in feeder size soon!

[sharthun]

So she didnt eat for almost 2 weeks while she was shedding. I offered a pinkie at her normal feeding day and all I got was defensive strikes. I found her under one of her hides today looking nice and shiny with a freshly shed skin and a big poop. I offered her 3 pinkies and she gobbled them right up!! Im getting excited that shes moving up in feeder size soon!

Good news!

[NewHerp293]

3 pinkies and barely a bulge!! Definitely time for the step up in prey size, can't wait for this weekend :)

[jpsteele80]

yeah its time to step that bad boy up, i usually do a rule of 125% of the biggest part of the body that way there is a nice bulge. From that last pic i would try weenling rats, i think it would handle that just fine.

[NewHerp293]

Would weanling rats be healthier than hopper mice? I thought it took awhile for health benefits in rats to show up. And weanlings seem too big almost, maybe rat pups or hoppers? I know snakes can take very large prey compared to their body size but im scared about pushing it too far...haha my name says it all

[NewHerp293]

And just noticed they pushed back the expo to the 19th :(

[EL Ziggy]

For a snake that size I'd go with a rat fuzzy or rat pup at the most. I think the weanlings might be a little too big right now.

[NewHerp293]

Yeah im gonna look at the sizes of hopper vs rat fuzzy vs rat pup when i pick up my next bag because from what ive been reading it seems that there can be alot of variation in sizes of rat pups by breeder. I also only have the one snake so id like to buy something at her upper limit so she can grow into them. Any bag i buy will last awhiiiile

[NewHerp293]

^Hopper mice*

[jpsteele80]

That's just my personal view from the picture of what i see that i think he could handle it, i could be wrong but my male retic's body is maybe just a little bigger than that and i fed him 3 this weekend and barely put a dent in him but i think they were advertised bigger than they were also, id get the rats that have there eyes open and can walk around but not at the size there starting to run all over the place either. Just my 2 cents :D

[NewHerp293]

I got some rat pinkies the other day and the look about perfect size! Tonights feeding time so i try to snap a few pics :)

[NewHerp293]

Soo amazed at what their tiny heads are capable of!!