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How often do you feed your pet snake?
04-24-2012, 03:57 PM,
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RE: How often do you feed your pet snake?
Actually most I know who keep giant constrictors (reticulated pythons, rock pythons, burmese pythons, green anacondas, and to a lesser extent, amethystine/scrub pythons), feed their adults every 2-3 weeks, a prey item sized the same as for most snakes, about as thick or a little thicker than the snake is at it's thickest point. Of course at that point your talking about large rabbits, adult chickens, small &/or pot belly pigs. Just about any species of snake will be healthier when fed smaller prey items more frequently. An adult retic could definitely eat a much larger meal, but there is more risk of injury, and a much longer digestion time.
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How often do you feed your pet snake? - by Ram - 04-21-2012, 10:23 PM
RE: How often do you feed your pet snake? - by Fishbone - 04-24-2012, 03:57 PM

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