Increased Frequency vs Increased Size

[EL Ziggy]

Interesting methodology BSG. I like seeing the different ways keepers do things. From husbandry to housing to feeding. I'm glad there are multiple ways to achieve successful results. I don't overfeed my snakes but I do feed them more liberally than some, especially in their first two years. As I stated earlier I feed my snakes 2 prey items quite often. I also use the 10-20% of body weight feeding formula. IMO it doesn't matter what I feed them as long as their meals fall within that range. For example, my 500g carpet eats 50-80g of food approximately every 7 days. Sometimes he gets a 60g small rat. The next feeding he may get a 30g asf and a 35g chick. My 250g carpet will eat a 40g rat weaner one week and a rat pup and a mouse the next week. My 2500g bull snake may eat a 220g large rat one week and two weeks later she may get a medium rat and a chick. My 1500g bull snake eats a chick and a small/medium rat every 10-14 days. He often refuses rats if he doesn't have a chick first. My kings are 650g and 750g each. They don't like rats so they eat 1-2 jumbo mice or a mouse and/or a chick every 10-14 days. I think these are all acceptable meals. My point is that I mix and match prey items, and feed multiple prey items, for all of my snakes quite often and so far they're all healthy and growing well. Different strokes for different folks .