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werled
11-05-17, 01:38 PM
Hey guys.

My snake has been eating on and off. And really cant put a point of what i should feed my snake. She is a californian kingsnake and is 1.20 m if i quessed right.

What should i feed her

Thanks Mike
DJC Reptiles
11-05-17, 01:55 PM
You can feed jumbo mice, she should find that tasty. That's probably what you already feed her though... What do you feed her, and how often?
werled
11-05-17, 02:32 PM
You can feed jumbo mice, she should find that tasty. That's probably what you already feed her though... What do you feed her, and how often?

I fed her middle sized rats but these were too big she did not take them
dannybgoode
11-05-17, 02:40 PM
Kings have quite small narrow heads compared to snakes of an otherwise similar size.

As such it is usually best to feed a couple of smaller prey items accordingly. Maybe try some rat fluffs or adult mice. Multimammates if you can find them may work also.
jjhill001
11-05-17, 06:15 PM
Outside of some of the larger bull snakes there really isn't any reason to feed a North American colubrid rats. Large (not jumbo) mice should be all they ever need. Your snake might not be eating because it's getting too much food.
DJC Reptiles
11-05-17, 06:48 PM
Honestly, it depends on where you but them, jumbo mice from the place I buy are as big as just the regular adult mice from other places. If in doubt, go smaller, one adult mouse every 10 days is plenty.
TRD
11-05-17, 07:00 PM
Rats are too fat.. mice are better, every 10-12 days. In nature they eat all sorts of stuff, basically anything that happens to be in front of them. Rodents have a much higher nutritional value then force example other snakes or lizards, it's very easy to overfeed and it does more harm than good.
werled
11-06-17, 11:26 AM
Rats are too fat.. mice are better, every 10-12 days. In nature they eat all sorts of stuff, basically anything that happens to be in front of them. Rodents have a much higher nutritional value then force example other snakes or lizards, it's very easy to overfeed and it does more harm than good.

How much cms long so that i can see when i buy my mice at a pet store
TRD
11-06-17, 04:45 PM
not really about length of the mouse, more about weight. Adult mice go anywhere from about 17 to 25 gram. Since your snake isn't growing, he's not going to need a lot.. I would guess 2 of those every 10-12 days will be enough, but some snakes are more active than others. So see how that goes for her. How much does she weigh anyway?