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View Poll Results: What size rats do you feed your adult female balls(approximate weight)
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Small(40-70 grams)
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24 |
41.38% |
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Medium(71-100 grams)
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12 |
20.69% |
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Large(100-150 grams)
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15 |
25.86% |
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Larger(150 grams+)
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7 |
12.07% |
10-03-2007, 06:25 PM
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What size rats do you feed your adult female balls? POLL
Just curious what size rats based on an earlier disagreement on another forum.
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10-03-2007, 06:52 PM
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#2
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They all get smalls.
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10-03-2007, 06:59 PM
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#3
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Jake,
I thought you were going to provide big breeders that have told you they feed mediums/larges? I don't think this poll qualifies.
For the record, all my adults, male or female get "small smalls". Slightly larger than weans.
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10-03-2007, 07:13 PM
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#4
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One mans small is another mans medium..... I consider 80-120 grams a small, which is typically what a 4-6 week old rat weighs. Which is the size I feed to all my adult Balls.
As long as you are not feeding a rat that is bigger than the widest part of your snakes body it is fine. There really isnt a right or wrong there. Just a matter of what works best for your snake and you.
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10-03-2007, 07:27 PM
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#5
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So a 5 foot 4000 gram female should only get a rat slightly larger than a weanling? That would be a snack for her.
To make it easy for people to know what size I am referring to, I get feeders from Rodent Pro and all of my adult BP's get smalls except for 2 which get mediums (those are pretty large for BP's).
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10-03-2007, 07:30 PM
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#6
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I guess I cannot just chose one.. cuz some adults are greatly smaller then others. I have one that gets smalls, a couple mediums, and a couple larges. I don't personally think it is a one size eats all answer.
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10-03-2007, 07:35 PM
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#7
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Whatever prey i happen to buy that week mostly. Might be a few mice, might be a medium rat, maybe a bit larger. Just nothing that is obviously too large for the animal who is being fed. I stick to girth sized prey and smaller 
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10-03-2007, 07:53 PM
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#8
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by SPJ
So a 5 foot 4000 gram female should only get a rat slightly larger than a weanling? That would be a snack for her.
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My really big girls get to eat as many 4-6 week old rats as they want on feeding day. Typically after two they are done. Once in a while they will take a third.
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10-03-2007, 07:57 PM
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#9
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I would rather feed one appropriately sized prey item than multiple. That's why she gets the bigger size. Just easier to feed her and her digest it IMO.
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10-03-2007, 08:07 PM
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Well for an update, the debate is that even the largest bps don't need anything bigger than a small(about 50-70) gram rat lmao
I guess each person can keep their balls how ever they want and feed any size rat they want but I was told at an un named forum that it is basically in a conclusion unhealthy to feed your balls a rat anything bigger than 50-70 gram range. Other than put the ignorent name calling one sided man on ignore on all of the forums, I'll keep an eye on this thread seeing both sides.
My basic statement was that there are plenty of big breeders and keepers that feed larger than small rats to their balls and I simply stated that either way works, just feed what works best for you and your animals and all I got was a bunch of thats not oppinion, its fact about feeding balls(50 gram rats?!? lmao) and I am an uneducated and basically stupid guy. I think the one who continues to call someone out who is attempting to talk something out shows the maturity level of this one person who's name will remain unmentioned here.
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