VICTORY at last!!! - Page 2

Lankyrob · 11-23-12, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by nick654377

how do you figure out what size prey you need?

I was lucky, at the start of my snake keeping "career" i wass able to walk into a reptile shop open a freezer and hand pick my prey items.

My corns are fed prey twice their girth, royal gets prey 1.5 timess girth, GTP was on prey three to four times girth but have backed that down to twice girth. My SD retic and JCP get prey three to four times their girth.

Never owned boas so no idea what ratio people use for prey for them

Philmul · 11-24-12, 05:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Lankyrob

I was lucky, at the start of my snake keeping "career" i wass able to walk into a reptile shop open a freezer and hand pick my prey items.

My corns are fed prey twice their girth, royal gets prey 1.5 timess girth, GTP was on prey three to four times girth but have backed that down to twice girth. My SD retic and JCP get prey three to four times their girth.

Never owned boas so no idea what ratio people use for prey for them

How big is your retic? Is it friendly

Lankyrob · 11-24-12, 05:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Philmul

How big is your retic? Is it friendly

He is a Super Dwarf, about 6.5 ft long and puppy dog tame, only bitten once but DUH i put my hand in the viv on feeding day!

TeaNinja · 11-23-12, 03:45 PM

http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/zoo/Who...nal02May29.pdf
this says adult rats have more fat And protein than adult mice. i've never really done much research on it but i've heard it multiple times and seen things that lead me to believe this.

the chart section shows the difference between adult mice and rats, but the adult mice aren't as big as adult rats, so iunno.

nick654377 · 11-23-12, 05:56 PM

gotcha. well you were talking with grams so i didnt know if there was a trick with weighing them or not. i picked up a rat pup today, we will see how this looks after the next feeding.

TeaNinja · 11-23-12, 06:32 PM

how big does the rat pup look compared to the snake? does it look like it'll be hard to eat or is it as big as the other prey?

SnakeyJay · 11-24-12, 04:16 AM

I go with about the same size prey as the thickest part of your boa. Other people use bigger or smaller, but mine do well with this.

Philmul · 11-24-12, 05:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Lankyrob

My assumption with the old rat/mouse comparison has always been that if you need a 150g prey item then a 150g rat will have less fat % than a 150g mouse

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Originally Posted by Snakey-Jay-BRB

I go with about the same size prey as the thickest part of your boa. Other people use bigger or smaller, but mine do well with this.

I use the same method and my snakes seem healthy enough

Philmul · 11-25-12, 04:41 AM

How big will he get. Sounds just as tame as my royal. She is dead tame I can do anything with her and she not bit me yet but when there is food in the viv she lashes out at the glass if I walk past. Lol

Lankyrob · 11-25-12, 07:35 AM

In theory he shouldnt get much longer, will be extremely surprised if he makes 8ft but he has all the attitude and feeding response of a retic, you dont want to be near him for a couple of days after eating as he will munch your face!