Bull snake care info needed. - Page 2

FWK · 06-20-14, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by None505

The snake has been coming out in the afternoons and acting hungry so I took it out today and it is 324g and 3'6". What size pray idem will I need? It looks like a large adult mouse would be about the same size around as this snake so should it be on weaned rats?

You'll get a lot of opinions on feeding questions like this, there are a lot of different methods and schools of thought. Personally I just like to eyeball it and my baseline is usually a prey item about as thick as the snake at its thickest point so the weaned rat sounds about right.

None505 · 06-20-14, 09:54 PM

Thanks, I just ordered 20 adult mice from someone so if they turn out to be to small should I feed 2 at a time or should I feed just one but more often? I planed on feeding it every 7-10 days. I guess my rat having babies is not such a bad thing after all.

**EL Ziggy** · 06-20-14, 09:56 PM

My bull is a little larger than yours, 460g, and she eats 1-2 rat weanlings a week. I'd say you're on the right track. I don't feed mice anymore either. I was feeding multiple mice, now 1-2 rats is all they need.

FWK · 06-20-14, 10:20 PM

Two at a time would probably be fine. Be careful not to spook it while it's eating the first one or it may not take the second one. Snakes are pretty much defenseless while eating and are often very easy to scare. On the other hand some are absolutely fearless when food is nearby and will try to get at the next one before the first one is all the way down lol. I agree with EL-Ziggy, rats are going to be the way to go next time.

None505 · 06-20-14, 10:21 PM

Thanks, I may just hold back one of the females from this litter of rats to breed for feeders then.

None505 · 06-20-14, 11:30 PM

I forgot to ask what type of Hygrometer should I be looking at?

**EL Ziggy** · 06-21-14, 11:54 AM

I don't measure humidity for my bull. Ambient humidity will be fine for them.

None505 · 06-21-14, 02:26 PM

Thank you.

CosmicOwl · 06-21-14, 03:15 PM

You don't have to worry about baking the soil. You can even go the bio-active route if you want. Just make sure there aren't any ants in the dirt though. That could be a problem.

None505 · 06-21-14, 03:43 PM

Thanks, we have fire ants here so I will be extra careful about the ants

. I would love to do a bio-active substrate but was not sure if that would work for a desert set-up. I just gave the snake a f/t mouse and it pulled the mouse into it's cool hide but then it popped it's head out before going back in the hide so I am not sure if it ate the mouse.