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leefoot
Snake mite
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 17/07/2010 : 16:43:56
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hi what are the growth rates of brb's,
mine is about 9 months old about 2 ft long and abot as thick as my finger, eats 1 fuzzy/fluf every 7 to 10 days depending on his mood, i say he dont know what sex he / she is , is his size about rite for age ??
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Kazerella
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 22/07/2010 : 13:30:54
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| The length seems about right, but I would think he should be eating more than that by now. Have you tried him on a bigger meal? You might be surprised on what he can handle |
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Welly
Hatchling
United Kingdom
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Posted - 22/07/2010 : 14:40:16
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| Mine is only a few months and is munching a fluff every 5 to 7 days. But i guess it's what it's comfortable eating and when |
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leefoot
Snake mite
United Kingdom
22 Posts |
Posted - 22/07/2010 : 15:08:01
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He ate a small mouse last night  |
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Kazerella
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
721 Posts |
Posted - 22/07/2010 : 15:26:25
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Snakesitter
Rainbow Master
USA
2718 Posts |
Posted - 13/08/2010 : 18:25:07
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A good rule of thumb for feeding is that a snake can handle a meal as large as the widest part of the snake's body. Seems to work pretty well. As Kazerella said, you'd be surprised what they can handle!
As another suggestion, try getting them to rats as soon as you can. An adult Brazilian can easily take a medium rat as their standard prey, which is much larger than anything mouse-land offers. Unless, that is, you want to be serving multiple mice every session.... ;-)
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Edited by - Snakesitter on 13/08/2010 18:25:40 |
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leefoot
Snake mite
United Kingdom
22 Posts |
Posted - 15/08/2010 : 08:20:06
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Hi got some rat fluffs to feed him , hes not feeding at mo as he is due to shed ,
soon as he has shed goon try him .
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Snakesitter
Rainbow Master
USA
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Posted - 16/08/2010 : 18:48:43
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| Sure thing, and good luck. Please post how it goes! |
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leefoot
Snake mite
United Kingdom
22 Posts |
Posted - 03/09/2010 : 08:26:42
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HiI tried to feed him a rat fluff, dint take tried all ways , so left it a few day give him a small mouse took it , so mice it is for now ,
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Snakesitter
Rainbow Master
USA
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Posted - 03/09/2010 : 20:13:08
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So just to make sure I understand, by "didn't take tried all ways," do you mean him or you?
If *he* was interested: as in tried to eat it, but was unable due to size? Next time try a slightly smaller rat, and just keep the bigger ones on hand for later.
If he was not interested and *you* tried: next time scent the rat with a mouse beforehand, which may do the trick alone. If he still refuses, just let him go hungry for a week. It won't hurt your snake at all, and will make him more likely to go for it next time.
Hope this helps, |
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Edited by - Snakesitter on 03/09/2010 20:15:33 |
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Snakesitter
Rainbow Master
USA
2718 Posts |
Posted - 07/09/2010 : 02:09:22
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| Ah, thank you for the clarification. Good luck! |
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