Prey Size for my Bullsnake

[lady_bug87]

Ok so I have a question as to which size food she can take. The supplier I got her from said pinky rats but they aren't leaving much of a bump and she poops about 3 days after feeding

she's more slender then my RTB who is still on fuzzy rats once every 7 days or so I'm not sure if I should move up to fuzzy rats for her as well or move her to double pinks first

thoughts?

[Lankyrob]

If i am correct bulls are colubrids? I feed corns prey twice their girth - hope this helps :)

[youngster]

Bulls are colubrids :)

[alessia55]

Sounds like you ca go up a size.

[Lankyrob]

Woohoo - got one right :p

[lady_bug87]

haha thanks I wasn't sure about the whole colubrids thing either lol I guess I should have known that right? She is sweet though we pulled her out today for routine handling and she had no hissing no rattling she was calm as you please

[youngster]

A lot of the snakes that end with snake are colubrids :)
Corn snake
garter snake
bullsnake
gopher snake..
you get the point.

[lady_bug87]

yea gotcha to be honest I didnt put 2 and 2 together... I guess next week its fuzzies

[SpOoKy]

I feed my bull large size prey and she has always handled it well. you shouldn't have a problem with fuzzies :)

[lady_bug87]

awesome I'm glad I can stop buying pinkies and just buy fuzzies since my RTB is on them I'm hoping to switch her to small rats soon switching a prey size always worries me until they take it and then I am fine

[SpOoKy]

the only problem with feeding bulls larger prey item i have had is with my sunglow bull Jaws. Every time i try to bump up prey size he gets all angry at it a rattles and hisses. he will strike but not to eat more to defend. for him i have to feed multiple rat pinkies rather than a fuzzie. but my white sided will eat anything, any size :) maybe be sure to have one or two pinks on hand just in case you run into the same issue jaws has but you should be fine.

[lady_bug87]

I just went into her viv to pull her out and I went and picked her up kinda quick I got no hissing no rattling nothing just a curious tongue flicking and feeding through my hands she is so sweet tempered which is funny because at the supplier she was alll bull-tude I am ready to bite and kill you with my cute big eyes and little mouth

[CDN_Blood]

How about an image of the snake to get an idea? You know us old folks, we're all about the visuals :)

[lady_bug87]

haha Todd there are pictures of her posted all over the forums


Sidenote: I think bumping prey size is contagious in my house my BP just moved up to med rats, the bullsnake is moving up to fuzzy rats, my GTP had a growth 4 days after feeding her a fuzzy mouse she was prowling for food and took another one so I'm thinking it may be time to move her to hoppers (she's been on fuzzies for about a month) annd my boa is starting to look like she can go up a food size from fuzzy rats fairly soon

these snakes are growing like weeds lol

[CDN_Blood]

haha Todd there are pictures of her posted all over the forums.

But...but...but...those don't relate to the prey size for the thing right *now*. They could be weeks old <insert snicker here>. I did dig around and saw a couple of shots. I'm sure it could take a small rat no problem, but one thing I've noticed with Bullsnakes is that once they start eating larger items, they tend to want to eat less often.

I'm not so sure that would relate to a well-adjusted captive bred youngster, but I've seen it more than once in a few Bulls that other people have raised or kept, and in most cases it was also accompanied by a noticeable attitude change leaning more towards wild Bullsnake behaviour. Hopefully that won't be the case for yours :)

[lady_bug87]

I'm ok with feeding less often that was the plan... I want to get her feeding once every 7 days or longer Ive been waiting to see how long it takes her to poop between meals and right now she's at roughly 3 days I usually try and wait 4 days between meals and at the four day mark she inhales a pink. I'm going to try fuzzies today and see how hungry she is afterwards

I also think that as she grows she may develop more bullsnake behaviour its part of the charm of owning a bullsnake they have an impressive hiss and a tail rattle that is definitely a sight, I figure while she's little I can learn to read her 'moods' since she will let me handle her.

And OK I will post better size pictures... :P