New JCP owner with questions

[Freebody]

100 for 1 snake is still 2 years supply untill your feeding 2 then their is still only 52 weeks in a year. its best to not get 1 years of food at once because it goes bad, When i buy food i buy about 20 or so rats per snake at the size they are currently eating.

[jamesb]

Originally Posted by Meg

I would say either of those options are fine. However 100 fuzzies is not as much as you think considering babies eat a lot because they are growing. And when he starts to get bigger you can feed him two fuzzies at a time until they are gone and them bump his food. Being on rats is important

Originally Posted by Freebody

100 for 1 snake is still 2 years supply untill your feeding 2 then their is still only 52 weeks in a year. its best to not get 1 years of food at once because it goes bad, When i buy food i buy about 20 or so rats per snake at the size they are currently eating.

I figured I am going to try to feed him every 6 days. So for now one rat fuzzy should be good. I am trying to find a place I can order 50 at once. That should be better than having 100 on hand. Or if worst comes to worst I could just order the 100 and post an ad locally to sell half of them. For the next week or so I'll feed him a mouse fuzzy unless I find a local place with the rat fuzzys.

I hope he takes rats without much issue.

[Ch^4]

Originally Posted by jamesb

I figured I am going to try to feed him every 6 days. So for now one rat fuzzy should be good. I am trying to find a place I can order 50 at once. That should be better than having 100 on hand. Or if worst comes to worst I could just order the 100 and post an ad locally to sell half of them. For the next week or so I'll feed him a mouse fuzzy unless I find a local place with the rat fuzzys.

I hope he takes rats without much issue.

Just to throw in my 2 cents; I'm a new JCP owner as well and my little girl is more or less exactly the same size as your little guy. Also very nippy and nervous, but calming down quickly!

The breeder had her on 2 F/T mice fuzzies every 5-7 days. As mentioned by many of the other members, it's good to get your snake on rats as soon as possible. I decided to get my girl some F/T rat pinks, which are actually a gram or two larger than mice fuzzies. I gave her two on Friday night (first time being fed from me....woohooo!) and she knocked those pinks down like nothing! There was a good size bulge in her belly and she was inactive until tonight, so I'm fairly certain it was an appropriately sized meal.

I got 25 F/T rat pinks from Snake Food, Reptile Food, Feed Carnivores, Birds of Prey. I looked at MiceDirect and some others, but you're somewhat limited to large quantities. I am not trying to praise or bash either company (I will order from both), but for smaller quantities, Layne Labs does the trick.

Hope that helps and GORGEOUS JCP! (We can breed ours in a few years since they're about the same age ).