My boy is a rescue so has always been small/underweight for his age and a fussy feeder. I was given a lot of bad advise which meant i kept my guy on too small food for a little too long. I felt terrible so immediately upped him to small mice and they seemed to be a good size. My local reptile pet shop told me that if i were to buy similar sized peach rat fuzzies, they contain more fat and would help me bulk him out a bit. Boy were they right! He shot up from 26" and 80g to 28" and 102g in just 5 weeks - he's just shed and it is huge compared to his last few
Now i just wanna check i am feeding him the right sized food.
I moved him to regular sized rat fuzzies today and he went crazy for it! He's always been fussy and strike feeds sporadically but today he constricted it, dragged it around and all sorts
The photos are all of him feeding on the substrate because of this, but the feed was dry before it went in and i kept an eye on him. He wont feed outta the viv so i usually clear half the substrate to one side and he feeds there. He seemed to struggle at the head, and took a lot longer than usual, but he took it all down quite well.
The rat fuzzy is curled up here so looks smaller than it is
Does this seem to be the right size? Also normally he's fed every 7 days - should i leave him longer with it being bigger?
Thanks!
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