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Old 05-30-13, 11:37 PM   #2
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Re: Dwarf species(Boidae,Colubrids..etc anything) - Feeding Schedule

Its not so much a shortage of food supply, but the reduction of average prey item size. In most cases, the mainland localities are larger because of A) wider distribution range and B) wider prey variety and typically larger prey size. I'm willing to bet there's a little more to it, such as isolation causing sexual maturity to onset quicker for dwarf localities, which again, negates the need to grow any larger.

To answer other part of your question, it largely depends on the exact species, and has little to do with dwarfism vs normal sized. Ex: retics have higher metabolisms than say, green tree pythons. Feeding a retic less won't necessarily make a dwarf, and feeding a GTP more won't make it grow larger.
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